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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS

February 26, 201213 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 26, 11:01 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 484 N Atwood, KS
Feb 26, 11:32 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 511 W Yuma, CO
Feb 26, 11:41 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 496 N Seguin, KS
Feb 26, 12:02 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 531 W Yuma, CO
Feb 26, 12:11 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 48Goodland Airport (Asos), KS
Feb 26, 12:18 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 462 Nnw Haigler, NE
Feb 26, 12:18 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 46Haigler, NE
Feb 26, 12:51 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 504 Wnw Bird City, KS
Feb 26, 1:38 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 45Colby 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 8:31 PM CSTWind AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Rawlins and 3 more20 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.