Alert archive / Wyoming / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Jun 20, 2016, 6:08 PM MDT. It took effect at Jun 21, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 20, 2016, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
The text
As transmitted.
230 WWUS85 KCYS 210008 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 608 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301 ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE BY LATE MORNING AND REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH SUNSET. FUELS HAVE NOW CURED ACROSS CONVERSE AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES AND WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF ANY FIRE STARTS. WYZ301-211115- /O.NEW.KCYS.FW.W.0003.160621T1700Z-160622T0300Z/ NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND- 608 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FROM MIDDAY THROUGH SUNSET. * HUMIDITY...9 TO 13 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE ACROSS THE AREA WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
401 WWUS85 KCYS 210824 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 224 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...303 AND 308 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE BY LATE MORNING AND REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH SUNSET. FUELS HAVE NOW CURED ACROSS CONVERSE AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES AND WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF ANY FIRE STARTS. WYZ303-308-220300- /O.EXA.KCYS.FW.W.0003.160621T1700Z-160622T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE-SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- LARAMIE VALLEY/SHIRLEY BASIN- 224 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 303 AND 308... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 303. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 308. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FROM MIDDAY THROUGH SUNSET. * HUMIDITY...9 TO 13 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE ACROSS THE AREA WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WYZ301-220300- /O.CON.KCYS.FW.W.0003.160621T1700Z-160622T0300Z/ NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND- 224 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 301. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FROM MIDDAY THROUGH SUNSET. * HUMIDITY...9 TO 13 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE ACROSS THE AREA WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ RUBIN
183 WWUS85 KCYS 220249 RFWCYS URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 849 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EASING... WYZ301-303-308-220400- /O.EXP.KCYS.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160622T0300Z/ NIOBRARA/LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CONVERSE/THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND-CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CARBON/FERRIS-SEMINOE- SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-LARAMIE VALLEY/SHIRLEY BASIN- 849 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 301...303 AND 308... COOLING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO EASE ACROSS CARBON AND ALBANY COUNTIES. CONDITIONS REMAIN VERY DRY THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY WINDS...BUT OVERALL CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY OVERNIGHT. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. $$ CLH
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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.