Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 38, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Jul 21, 2012, 4:25 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jul 21, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Jul 21, 2012, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 21, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 3980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
002 WWUS83 KGLD 210925 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 325 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE AREA. WITH WIDESPREAD DROUGHT CONDITIONS FINE FUELS WILL BE REMAIN VERY DRY THROUGH THE DAY. COZ252>254-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-041-NEZ079-080-211900- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0038.120721T1600Z-120722T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- 325 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012 /425 AM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...013...014... 027...041...079...080...252...253 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 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT ARE IGNITED WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND MAY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
118 WWUS83 KGLD 211811 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1211 PM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE AREA. WITH THE WIDESPREAD DROUGHT CONDITIONS FINE FUELS WILL REMAIN VERY DRY THROUGH THE DAY. COZ252>254-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-041-NEZ079-080-220300- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120722T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- 1211 PM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012 /111 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...013...014...027...041...079...080...252... 253 AND 254... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT ARE IGNITED WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND MAY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
160 WWUS83 KGLD 220300 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 900 PM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012 COZ252>254-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-041-NEZ079-080-220400- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120722T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- 900 PM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012 /1000 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...013...014...027... 041...079...080...252...253 AND 254... WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.