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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 26, 2012, 5:31 AM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 26, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2012, 5:31 AM CST (11:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 11:01 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 48 | 4 N Atwood, KS | |
| Feb 26, 11:32 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 1 W Yuma, CO | |
| Feb 26, 11:41 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | 6 N Seguin, KS | |
| Feb 26, 12:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 1 W Yuma, CO | |
| Feb 26, 12:11 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 48 | Goodland Airport (Asos), KS | |
| Feb 26, 12:18 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 2 Nnw Haigler, NE | |
| Feb 26, 12:18 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | Haigler, NE | |
| Feb 26, 12:51 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 4 Wnw Bird City, KS | |
| Feb 26, 1:38 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | Colby Airport (Awos), KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 4476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 WWUS83 KGLD 261131 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 431 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .VERY DRY AIR AND STRONG WINDS ARE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. COZ252>254-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-270100- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0005.120226T1700Z-120227T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 431 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 /531 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /11 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004... 013...014...015...016...027...028...029...041...042...079...080... 081...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 MST /11 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ 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 003 DECATUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...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 079 DUNDY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 HITCHCOCK AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
265 WWUS83 KGLD 270054 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 554 PM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 COZ252>254-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-270200- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120227T0100Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 554 PM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 /654 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...013...014...015...016...027...028...029... 041...042...079...080...081...252...253 AND 254... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA AND HUMIDITIES WILL IMPROVE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ JRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 8:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Rawlins and 3 more | 20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.