Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 23, 2021, 12:01 PM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. 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 23, 2021, 12:01 PM CST (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
094 WWUS83 KGLD 231801 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 1101 AM MST Tue Feb 23 2021 COZ252>254-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-240000- /O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0003.210223T1801Z-210224T0000Z/ Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy- Hitchcock-Red Willow- 1101 AM MST Tue Feb 23 2021 /1201 PM CST Tue Feb 23 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...013...014...015...016...027...028... 029...041...042...079...080...081...252...253 AND 254... 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 MST /6 PM CST/ this afternoon. * Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 252 Yuma... Fire Weather Zone 253 Kit Carson and Fire Weather Zone 254 Cheyenne. In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 001 Cheyenne...Fire Weather Zone 002 Rawlins...Fire Weather Zone 003 Decatur... Fire Weather Zone 004 Norton...Fire Weather Zone 013 Sherman... Fire Weather Zone 014 Thomas...Fire Weather Zone 015 Sheridan...Fire Weather Zone 016 Graham...Fire Weather Zone 027 Wallace...Fire Weather Zone 028 Logan...Fire Weather Zone 029 Gove...Fire Weather Zone 041 Greeley and Fire Weather Zone 042 Wichita. In Nebraska...Fire Weather Zone 079 Dundy...Fire Weather Zone 080 Hitchcock and Fire Weather Zone 081 Red Willow. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Becoming northwest this afternoon. * Relative Humidity...As low as 14 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. && $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
1 follow-up statement
473 WWUS83 KGLD 240000 RFWGLD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 500 PM MST Tue Feb 23 2021 COZ252>254-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-240100- /O.EXP.KGLD.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210224T0000Z/ Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy- Hitchcock-Red Willow- 500 PM MST Tue Feb 23 2021 /600 PM CST Tue Feb 23 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001...002...003...004...013...014...015...016...027...028...029... 041...042...079...080...081...252...253 AND 254... Relative humidities will continue to rise this evening with the loss of daytime heating and the passage of a cold front. However, north winds gusting up to 35 mph will continue through midnight then decrease below 10 mph by sunrise Wednesday morning. $$ For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/gld
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2021Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2021Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2021Every red flag warning in 2021
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.