Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 27, 2016, 3:05 AM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. 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 27, 2016, 3:05 AM CST (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
121 WWUS83 KGLD 270905 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 205 AM MST SAT FEB 27 2016 KSZ004-015-016-029-280000- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0003.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0004.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- 305 AM CST SAT FEB 27 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 004...015...016 AND 029... 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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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 004 NORTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 15 AND 20 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
843 WWUS83 KGLD 271518 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 818 AM MST SAT FEB 27 2016 KSZ004-015-016-029-280000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0004.160227T1800Z-160228T0000Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- 918 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 004... 015...016 AND 029... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 004 NORTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 016 GRAHAM AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START WILL QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GLD (ALL LOWER CASE)
657 WWUS83 KGLD 280000 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 500 PM MST SAT FEB 27 2016 KSZ004-015-016-029-280100- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160228T0000Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- 600 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 004...015...016 AND 029... SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL DECREASE QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL SLOWLY INCREASE ABOVE THE FIFTEEN PERCENT THRESHOLD. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME. $$ 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.