Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 21, 2017, 1:40 AM MST for Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Feb 21, 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 21, 2017, 1:40 AM MST (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2017, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 3268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
842 WWUS83 KGLD 210840 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 140 AM MST Tue Feb 21 2017 ...Red Flag Warning in effect for Yuma county today... .The combination of relative humidity readings falling to 10 percent and west winds gusting 25 mph will produce critical fire weather conditions in Yuma county. COZ252-211800- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0003.170221T1800Z-170222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0004.170221T1800Z-170222T0000Z/ Yuma- 140 AM MST Tue Feb 21 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 ZONE 252... 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. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 252 Yuma. * Winds...West 15 to 20 mph with higher gusts. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
2 follow-up statements
779 WWUS83 KGLD 211748 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 1048 AM MST Tue Feb 21 2017 ...Red Flag Warning in effect for Yuma county today... .The combination of relative humidity readings falling to 10 percent and west winds gusting 30 mph will produce critical fire weather conditions in Yuma county. COZ252-220000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0004.170221T1800Z-170222T0000Z/ Yuma- 1048 AM MST Tue Feb 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252... * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 252 Yuma. * Winds...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 70s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
266 WWUS83 KGLD 212358 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 458 PM MST Tue Feb 21 2017 COZ252-220100- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170222T0000Z/ Yuma- 458 PM MST Tue Feb 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252... THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED WELL BELOW WHAT IS NEEDED TO CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE 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.