Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 12, 2015, 3:26 AM CDT for Decatur County, Graham County, Norton County, Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 12, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Mar 12, 2015, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2015, 6:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 3836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107 WWUS83 KGLD 120826 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 226 AM MDT THU MAR 12 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED... .RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE REGION. DAYTIME MIXING WILL ALLOW WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH FROM A DEPARTING LOW LEVEL JET TO REACH THE SURFACE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN VERY LOW...NEAR 15 PERCENT FOR MOST LOCATIONS. WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ALSO ANTICIPATED...FELT A RED FLAG WARNING WAS NEEDED TODAY. KSZ003-004-016-NEZ081-121630- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0002.150312T1800Z-150313T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-GRAHAM-RED WILLOW- 226 AM MDT THU MAR 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...004...016 AND 081... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DECATUR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
133 WWUS83 KGLD 121615 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1015 AM MDT THU MAR 12 2015 KSZ003-004-016-NEZ081-130000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0002.150312T1800Z-150313T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-GRAHAM-RED WILLOW- 1015 AM MDT THU MAR 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...004... 016 AND 081... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DECATUR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 RED WILLOW. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
353 WWUS83 KGLD 122341 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 541 PM MDT THU MAR 12 2015 KSZ003-004-016-NEZ081-130045- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150313T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-GRAHAM-RED WILLOW- 541 PM MDT THU MAR 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 003...004...016 AND 081... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE INCREASING AS TEMPERATURES COOL. WIND SPEED ARE DECREASING THIS EVENING...SO RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER BEING MET. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
Nearby
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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.