Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021

Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

February 27, 20216 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 27, 2021, 1:57 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It took effect at Feb 27, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. 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 27, 2021, 1:57 AM CST (07:57 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 27, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

498 
WWUS83 KGLD 270757
RFWGLD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1257 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SOUTH OF I-70 THIS
AFTERNOON...

...OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED TODAY...

COZ254-KSZ027>029-041-042-280000-
/O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0002.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0004.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/
Cheyenne-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-
1257 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 /157 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...029...041...
042 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 11 AM MST /noon CST/ this morning to 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/
this afternoon. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 254 Cheyenne. 
  In Kansas...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.

* Winds...West Southwest to West Northwest at 20-30 mph with 
  gusts up to 45 mph.

* Relative Humidity...10 to 20 percent.

* Impacts...Extreme and unpredictable fire behavior. Any fires 
  that start may rapidly grow and spread out of control.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid outdoor burning. Repeating, outdoor burning is not advised 
today. Any fires that start may rapidly grow and spread out of 
control.

&&

$$

For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit...
http://weather.gov/gld
2 follow-up statements
403 
WWUS83 KGLD 270824
RFWGLD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
124 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN 
PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

...OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED TODAY...

KSZ016-280000-
/O.EXA.KGLD.FW.W.0004.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/
Graham-
224 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
016...

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 CST this evening.

* Affected Area...In Kansas...Fire Weather Zone 016 Graham.

* Winds...West Southwest to West Northwest at 20-30 mph with 
  gusts up to 45 mph.

* Relative Humidity...10 to 20 percent.

* Impacts...Extreme and unpredictable fire behavior. Any fires 
  that start may rapidly grow and spread out of control.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid outdoor burning. Repeating, outdoor burning is not advised 
today. Any fires that start may rapidly grow and spread out of 
control.

&&

$$

COZ254-KSZ027>029-041-042-280000-
/O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0004.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/
Cheyenne-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-
124 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 /224 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/
THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...029...
041...042 AND 254...

* Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 254 Cheyenne. 
  In Kansas...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.

* Winds...West Southwest to West Northwest at 20-30 mph with 
  gusts up to 45 mph.

* Relative Humidity...10 to 20 percent.

* Impacts...Extreme and unpredictable fire behavior. Any fires 
  that start may rapidly grow and spread out of control.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid outdoor burning. Repeating, outdoor burning is not advised
today. Any fires that start may rapidly grow and spread out of
control.

&&

$$

For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit...
http://weather.gov/gld
413 
WWUS83 KGLD 270826
RFWGLD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Goodland KS
126 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

...OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT ADVISED TODAY...

COZ254-KSZ016-027>029-041-042-280000-
/O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0004.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/
Cheyenne-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-
126 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 /226 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/
THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 027...028...029...
041...042 AND 254...

* Affected Area...In Colorado...Fire Weather Zone 254 Cheyenne. 
  In Kansas...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.

* Winds...West Southwest to West Northwest at 20-30 mph with 
  gusts up to 45 mph.

* Relative Humidity...10 to 20 percent.

* Impacts...Extreme and unpredictable fire behavior. Any fires 
  that start may rapidly grow and spread out of control.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid outdoor burning. Repeating, outdoor burning is not advised
today. Any fires that start may rapidly grow and spread out of
control.

&&

$$

For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit...
http://weather.gov/gld

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2021Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 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.