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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 10, 2017, 2:42 AM MST for Greeley County, Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It took effect at Feb 10, 2017, 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 10, 2017, 2:42 AM MST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2017, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 2848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
808 WWUS83 KGLD 100942 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 242 AM MST Fri Feb 10 2017 ...Red Flag Warning this afternoon... .A portion of eastern Colorado will briefly flirt with critical fire weather conditions this afternoon. Wind gusts to 25 mph are possible along with relative humidity values as low as 15 percent. COZ253-254-102100- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0002.170210T1800Z-170211T0000Z/ Kit Carson-Cheyenne- 242 AM MST Fri Feb 10 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON 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 11 AM this morning to 5 PM MST this afternoon. * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 253 Kit Carson and Fire Weather Zone 254 Cheyenne. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 25 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
2 follow-up statements
845 WWUS83 KGLD 101645 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 945 AM MST Fri Feb 10 2017 KSZ013-027-041-110000- /O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0002.170210T1800Z-170211T0000Z/ Sherman-Wallace-Greeley- 945 AM MST Fri Feb 10 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR wind and low relative humidity FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...027 AND 041... The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity...which is in effect until 5 PM MST this afternoon. * Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 013 Sherman... Fire Weather Zone 027 Wallace and Fire Weather Zone 041 Greeley. * Winds...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid to upper 70s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ COZ253-254-110000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0002.170210T1800Z-170211T0000Z/ Kit Carson-Cheyenne- 945 AM MST Fri Feb 10 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON 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...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
529 WWUS83 KGLD 102350 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 450 PM MST Fri Feb 10 2017 COZ253-254-KSZ013-027-041-110100- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170211T0000Z/ Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Sherman-Wallace-Greeley- 450 PM MST Fri Feb 10 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013...027...041... 253 AND 254... Wind gusts have fallen below 25 MPH and relative humidity has begun to increase, so the red flag warning will be allowed to expire. $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
Nearby
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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.