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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2016, 1:27 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 22, 2016, 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 22, 2016, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 3875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
641 WWUS83 KGLD 220627 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1227 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 COZ253-254-KSZ013-014-027>029-041-042-221800- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0010.160322T1800Z-160323T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0013.160322T1800Z-160323T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- 1227 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 /127 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...014...027...028...029... 041...042...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 NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS...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. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
188 WWUS83 KGLD 221734 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1134 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 COZ253-254-KSZ013-014-027>029-041-042-230000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0013.160322T1800Z-160323T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- 1134 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 /1234 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...014...027...028...029...041...042...253 AND 254... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
147 WWUS83 KGLD 230000 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 600 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 COZ253-254-KSZ013-014-027>029-041-042-230100- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160323T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- 600 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 /700 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013... 014...027...028...029...041...042...253 AND 254... FOR ALL BUT CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO...DESPITE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAINING BELOW 15 PERCENT FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY LINGER ANOTHER HOUR OR SO AS WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 25 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 PERCENT AS WELL. GIVEN THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:23 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 33 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 33 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:05 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 2 more | 33 hr |
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.