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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 17, 2016, 1:15 PM MST for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. 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
- Feb 17, 2016, 1:15 PM MST (20:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- 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, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 3108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
669 WWUS83 KGLD 172015 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 115 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 COZ254-KSZ027>029-041-042-180600- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0001.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- 115 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 /215 PM CST WED FEB 17 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...029...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/ TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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 029 GOVE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 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. && $$ COZ253-KSZ013-180600- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-SHERMAN- 115 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013 AND 253... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ COZ252-KSZ001-002-014-015-180600- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.A.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-THOMAS-SHERIDAN- 115 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 /215 PM CST WED FEB 17 2016/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...014...015 AND 252... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
4 follow-up statements
463 WWUS83 KGLD 180533 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1033 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 COZ253-254-KSZ013-027>029-041-042-181300- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- 1033 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 /1133 PM CST WED FEB 17 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...027...028...029...041...042...253 AND 254... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ COZ252-KSZ001-002-014-015-181300- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.A.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-THOMAS-SHERIDAN- 1033 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 /1133 PM CST WED FEB 17 2016/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...014...015 AND 252... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
121 WWUS83 KGLD 180924 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 224 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016 COZ252-KSZ001-002-181030- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.A.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS- 224 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016 /324 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002 AND 252... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT LIKELY. THE WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THESE LOCATIONS...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED. $$ KSZ014-015-181800- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ THOMAS-SHERIDAN- 324 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 014 AND 015... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 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. && $$ COZ253-254-KSZ013-027>029-041-042-181800- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- 224 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016 /324 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...027...028... 029...041...042...253 AND 254... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
376 WWUS83 KGLD 181719 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1019 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016 COZ253-254-KSZ013>015-027>029-041-042-190000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0002.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE- GREELEY-WICHITA- 1019 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016 /1119 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016/ ...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 013...014...015...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 015 SHERIDAN...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...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
711 WWUS83 KGLD 182358 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 458 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016 COZ253-254-KSZ013>015-027>029-041-042-190100- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160219T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE- GREELEY-WICHITA- 458 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016 /558 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...014...015...027...028...029...041...042...253 AND 254... THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM EARLIER TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RISE SOON. SO RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1:15 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Yuma | 13 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.