Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 12, 2017, 3:05 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 12, 2017, 1:00 PM MDT. 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 12, 2017, 3:05 AM MDT (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2017, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2017, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
261 WWUS83 KGLD 120905 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 305 AM MDT Sun Mar 12 2017 COZ253-254-121800- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0011.170312T1900Z-170313T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0013.170312T1900Z-170313T0100Z/ Kit Carson-Cheyenne- 305 AM MDT Sun Mar 12 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 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 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM MDT 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 The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.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. * Winds...North to northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 60s. * 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
2 follow-up statements
101 WWUS83 KGLD 121804 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 1204 PM MDT Sun Mar 12 2017 COZ253-254-130100- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0013.170312T1900Z-170313T0100Z/ Kit Carson-Cheyenne- 1204 PM MDT Sun Mar 12 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 253 AND 254... * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 253 Kit Carson and Fire Weather Zone 254 Cheyenne. * Winds...Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...Around 20 percent. * Temperatures...Near 60. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
173 WWUS83 KGLD 130104 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 704 PM MDT Sun Mar 12 2017 COZ253-254-130215- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170313T0100Z/ Kit Carson-Cheyenne- 704 PM MDT Sun Mar 12 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 253 AND 254... Criteria is no longer being met for the red flag warning and has thus been allowed to expire. $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
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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.