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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 24, 2016, 8:41 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 24, 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 8:41 AM MST (15:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 3:52 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 2745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
735 WWUS83 KGLD 241541 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 841 AM MST WED FEB 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE REGION... .INCREASING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL COINCIDE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS NEAR 15 PERCENT...TO PUT PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE REGION IN EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 27. COZ253-254-KSZ013-027-041-242300- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0003.160224T1800Z-160224T2300Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- 841 AM MST WED FEB 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...027... 041...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 UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
213 WWUS83 KGLD 241737 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1037 AM MST WED FEB 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE REGION... .INCREASING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL COINCIDE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS NEAR 15 PERCENT...TO PUT PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE REGION UNDER EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. COZ252-KSZ001-242300- /O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0003.160224T1800Z-160224T2300Z/ YUMA-CHEYENNE KS- 1037 AM MST WED FEB 24 2016 /1137 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001 AND 252... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL HAVE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ COZ253-254-KSZ013-027-041-242300- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0003.160224T1800Z-160224T2300Z/ KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- 1037 AM MST WED FEB 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...027...041...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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
076 WWUS83 KGLD 242252 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 352 PM MST WED FEB 24 2016 COZ252>254-KSZ001-013-027-041-250000- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- 352 PM MST WED FEB 24 2016 /452 PM CST WED FEB 24 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...013...027...041...252... 253 AND 254... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PAST HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS WITH SUNSET...PROMPTING THE CANCELLATION. $$ 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.