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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 19, 2021, 1:34 AM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 19, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
- Oct 19, 2021, 1:34 AM MDT (07:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Greeley County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
320 WWUS83 KGLD 190734 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 134 AM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 COZ254-KSZ041-191545- /O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0013.211019T1800Z-211020T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0017.211019T1800Z-211020T0000Z/ Cheyenne-Greeley- 134 AM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041 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 noon today to 6 PM MDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * 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 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 14 percent. * Temperatures...In the lower 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
2 follow-up statements
275 WWUS83 KGLD 191500 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 900 AM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 COZ254-KSZ041-200000- /O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0017.211019T1800Z-211020T0000Z/ Cheyenne-Greeley- 900 AM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041 AND 254... * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 254 Cheyenne. In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 041 Greeley. * Timing...Noon to 6 PM MDT Tuesday. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 14 percent. * Temperatures...In the lower to upper 70s. * Impacts...Any fires that start will have extreme fire behavior and spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not advised. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
243 WWUS83 KGLD 200004 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 604 PM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 COZ254-KSZ041-200115- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-211020T0000Z/ Cheyenne-Greeley- 604 PM MDT Tue Oct 19 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041 AND 254... Conditions have improved across the warning area allowing for the expiration of the Red Flag Warning. $$ 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.