Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Aug 6, 2021, 3:59 AM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas; Dundy County, Nebraska; Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Aug 6, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Aug 6, 2021, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 3950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
181 WWUS83 KGLD 060859 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 259 AM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021 ...Critical fire weather conditions possible Friday afternoon... .Cured fine fuels are present across eastern Colorado, northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska. With relative humidity values dropping as low as 13-15 percent and wind gusts as high as 30 mph, there is a good chance critical fire weather conditions will be met for a limited time Friday afternoon across Yuma county Colorado, Dundy county Nebraska, and Cheyenne county Kansas. Any outdoor activity producing sparks or an open flame should be avoided. COZ253-254-061000- /O.CAN.KGLD.FW.A.0011.210806T1900Z-210807T0100Z/ Kit Carson-Cheyenne- 259 AM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 253 AND 254... The National Weather Service in Goodland has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. Elevated to near critical fire weather conditions are still possible. $$ COZ252-KSZ001-NEZ079-070100- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0011.210806T1900Z-210807T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0014.210806T1800Z-210807T0000Z/ Yuma-Cheyenne-Dundy- 259 AM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021 /359 AM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY TO 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...079 AND 252... The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon MDT /1 PM CDT/ today to 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 252 Yuma. In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 001 Cheyenne. In Nebraska...Fire Weather Zone 079 Dundy. * Timing...1 PM MDT (2 PM CDT) through 7 PM MDT (8 PM CDT). * Winds...South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 14 percent. * Temperatures...101 to 103. * Lightning...Isolated thunderstorms are possible across Yuma and Kit Carson counties after 5 PM MDT. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
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.