Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 28, 2012, 2:46 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr. 7 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 28, 2012, 2:46 AM MST (09:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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 28, 11:26 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Tribune Airport (Awos), KS | |
| Feb 28, 11:27 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Ese Winona, KS | |
| Feb 28, 11:31 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 12 Nne Goodland, KS | |
| Feb 28, 12:26 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Oakley Airport (Awos), KS | |
| Feb 28, 12:47 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Firstview, CO | |
| Feb 28, 3:02 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Tribune Airport (Awos), KS | |
| Feb 28, 3:51 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 4 W Goodland, KS | WITH BLOWING DIRT |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 2594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
175 WWUS83 KGLD 280946 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 246 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING BEHIND AN EXITING STORM SYSTEM. VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AND MUCH DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BE MET ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. COZ254-KSZ027-028-041-042-290000- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0007.120228T1800Z-120229T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA- 246 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /346 AM CST TUE FEB 28 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 027...028...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 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WIND FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
866 WWUS83 KGLD 281903 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1203 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 COZ254-KSZ027-028-041-042-290000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA- 1203 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /103 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...041...042 AND 254... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * IMPACTS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BULLER
484 WWUS83 KGLD 282039 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 139 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 COZ253-KSZ001-002-013-014-NEZ079-290000- /O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-DUNDY- 139 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /239 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...013...014...079 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 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL BE NEAR 15 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. && $$ COZ254-KSZ027-028-041-042-290000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA- 139 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /239 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...041...042 AND 254... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BULLER
710 WWUS83 KGLD 290000 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 500 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 COZ253-254-KSZ001-002-013-014-NEZ079-290100- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-DUNDY- 500 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /600 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...041...042 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A COLD FRONT HAS SWEPT ACROSS THE AREA...BRINGING MUCH COOLER AND MORE HUMID AIR TO THE AREA...DIMINISHING THE FIRE THREAT. $$ KSZ027-028-041-042-290200- /O.EXT.KGLD.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0200Z/ WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA- 500 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /600 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...041...042 AND 254... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
559 WWUS83 KGLD 290155 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 655 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ027-028-041-042-290300- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T0200Z/ WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA- 655 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012 /755 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...041 AND 042... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. COLDER MORE HUMID AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA...BRINGING AN END TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:07 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 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.