Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 46, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Aug 28, 2012, 2:26 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. 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
- Aug 28, 2012, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 3358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
757 WWUS83 KGLD 281926 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 126 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME AND CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. COZ252-253-KSZ001-002-013-NEZ079-080-290330- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0046.120828T1926Z-120829T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0045.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- 126 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012 /226 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...013...079...080...252 AND 253... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...013...079...080...252 AND 253... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ COZ254-KSZ003-004-014>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ081-290330- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0045.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN- GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-RED WILLOW- 126 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012 /226 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...004...014...015...016...027...028... 029...041...042...081 AND 254... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
1 follow-up statement
505 WWUS83 KGLD 290101 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 701 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME AND CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. COZ252-253-KSZ001-002-013-NEZ079-080-290915- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120829T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0045.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- 701 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012 /801 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...013...079...080...252 AND 253... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...013...079...080... 252 AND 253... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ COZ254-KSZ003-004-014>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ081-290915- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0045.120829T1800Z-120830T0200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN- GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-RED WILLOW- 701 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012 /801 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TO 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...004...014...015...016...027...028... 029...041...042...081 AND 254... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DECATUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 1:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 31 hr |
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.