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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Goodland, KS

October 2, 2016Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this fire weather watch at Oct 2, 2016, 3:10 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 3, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 2, 2016, 3:10 AM MDT (09:10 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 3, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Oct 2, 2016, 2:14 PM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Oct 2, 2:30 AM MDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 2:30 AM MDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 1, 3:08 PM MDT, 12 hours 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 2, 2:14 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma	29 hr
Oct 2, 4:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	35 min
Oct 2, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	46 min
Oct 2, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	41 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.