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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Nov 16, 2016, 2:00 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 16, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 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
- Nov 16, 2016, 2:00 AM MST (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2016, 4:29 PM MST
- In force
- 5 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 09:03 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, 9.0 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
- 3982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
540 WWUS83 KGLD 160900 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 200 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. COZ253-254-KSZ027>029-041-042-161800- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0021.161116T1800Z-161117T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- 200 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016 /300 AM CST WED NOV 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING 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 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 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE. 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 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
030 WWUS83 KGLD 161542 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 842 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE MIDDAY TODAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ013-014-170000- /O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0021.161116T1800Z-161117T0000Z/ SHERMAN-THOMAS- 842 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016 /942 AM CST WED NOV 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013 AND 014... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 SHERMAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ COZ253-254-KSZ027>029-041-042-170000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0021.161116T1800Z-161117T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- 842 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016 /942 AM CST WED NOV 16 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 027...028...029...041...042...253 AND 254... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 CHEYENNE. 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 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
491 WWUS83 KGLD 162329 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 429 PM MST WED NOV 16 2016 COZ253-254-KSZ013-014-027>029-041-042-170030- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-161117T0000Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA- 429 PM MST WED NOV 16 2016 /529 PM CST WED NOV 16 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...014...027...028...029...041...042... 253 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW CRITERIA AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE BEGUN TO INCREASE. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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.