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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 22, 2012, 4:08 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Colorado; Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 22, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2012, 4:08 AM MST (11:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WWUS83 KGLD 221108 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 408 AM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KIT CARSON COLORADO TO LEOTI KANSAS. COZ254-KSZ041-042-222000- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0003.120222T1800Z-120223T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-GREELEY-WICHITA- 408 AM MST WED FEB 22 2012 /508 AM CST WED FEB 22 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...042 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
857 WWUS83 KGLD 222003 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 103 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KIT CARSON COLORADO TO LEOTI KANSAS. COZ254-KSZ041-042-230000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120223T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-GREELEY-WICHITA- 103 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 /203 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...042 AND 254... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
029 WWUS83 KGLD 222351 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 451 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 COZ254-KSZ041-042-230100- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120223T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-GREELEY-WICHITA- 451 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 /551 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041...042 AND 254... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:52 AM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 14 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:51 PM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 27 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.