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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 17, 2021, 10:20 AM MDT for Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 17, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. 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 17, 2021, 10:20 AM MDT (16:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 2912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
006 WWUS83 KGLD 171620 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 1020 AM MDT Sun Oct 17 2021 ...Critical fire weather conditions expected this afternoon... .The combination of dry fuels, relative humidity values around 15 percent, and south winds gusting to 30 mph will create critical fire weather conditions in the Red Flag Warning area. COZ252-253-172300- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0016.211017T1800Z-211017T2300Z/ Yuma-Kit Carson- 1020 AM MDT Sun Oct 17 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 252 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 5 PM MDT this afternoon. * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 252 Yuma and Fire Weather Zone 253 Kit Carson. * Timing...Noon MDT to 5 PM MDT. * Winds...South 15 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
2 follow-up statements
248 WWUS83 KGLD 172100 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 300 PM MDT Sun Oct 17 2021 COZ252-253-172300- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-211017T2300Z/ Yuma-Kit Carson- 300 PM MDT Sun Oct 17 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 252 AND 253... * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 252 Yuma and Fire Weather Zone 253 Kit Carson. * Timing...Now through 5 PM MDT. * Winds...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 70s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ COZ254-KSZ041-180600- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.A.0013.211019T1800Z-211020T0000Z/ Cheyenne-Greeley- 300 PM MDT Sun Oct 17 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041 AND 254... The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a Fire Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect Tuesday afternoon. * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 254 Cheyenne. In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 041 Greeley. * Timing...Noon to 6 PM MDT Tuesday. * Winds...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 16 percent. * Temperatures...Upper 60s to lower 70s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
725 WWUS83 KGLD 172303 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 503 PM MDT Sun Oct 17 2021 COZ252-253-180015- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-211017T2300Z/ Yuma-Kit Carson- 503 PM MDT Sun Oct 17 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 252 AND 253... Winds are slowly lifting off of criteria and will continue to drop over the next hour as sunset approaches. Humidity values are steady, but will increase as well as sunset approaches. These conditions have allowed for the expiration of the Red Flag Warning. $$ COZ254-KSZ041-180600- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.A.0013.211019T1800Z-211020T0000Z/ Cheyenne-Greeley- 503 PM MDT Sun Oct 17 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041 AND 254... * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 254 Cheyenne. In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 041 Greeley. * Timing...Noon to 6 PM MDT Tuesday. * Winds...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 16 percent. * Temperatures...Around 70. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 3:00 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne | 35 hr |
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.