Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 22, 2017, 12:12 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas; Dundy County, Nebraska; Kit Carson County, Colorado. 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
- Oct 22, 2017, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
951 WWUS83 KGLD 221712 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 1112 AM MDT Sun Oct 22 2017 ...Critical fire weather conditions expected for parts of the area through early this afternoon... .The combination of west to southwest winds gusting to 30 mph and relative humidity at or below 15 percent will create critical fire weather conditions for the next several hours, mainly along the Colorado Kansas border area. COZ253-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-222200- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0021.171022T1712Z-171022T2200Z/ Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Sherman-Wallace-Dundy- 1112 AM MDT Sun Oct 22 2017 /1212 PM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...013...027...079 AND 253... 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 MDT /5 PM CDT/ this afternoon. * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 253 Kit Carson. In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 001 Cheyenne...Fire Weather Zone 013 Sherman and Fire Weather Zone 027 Wallace. In Nebraska...Fire Weather Zone 079 Dundy. * Winds...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
1 follow-up statement
051 WWUS83 KGLD 222145 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 345 PM MDT Sun Oct 22 2017 COZ253-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-222245- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-171022T2200Z/ Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Sherman-Wallace-Dundy- 345 PM MDT Sun Oct 22 2017 /445 PM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...013...027...079 AND 253... The National Weather Service in Goodland has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Wind gusts over 25 mph and relative humidity below 15 percent are no longer expected. Therefore the Red Flag Warning has been cancelled. $$ 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.