Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2025
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2025, 12:04 AM MST for Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 3, 2025, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 3, 2025, 12:04 AM MST (07:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2025, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2025, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 2, 9:40 PM MST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 9:40 PM MST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 8:00 PM MST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 800 PM MST Sun Mar 2 2025 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-040300- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 800 PM MST Sun Mar 2 2025 /900 PM CST Sun Mar 2 2025/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... Fog, possibly dense, is forecast to develop tonight and may affect much of the area Monday morning. Ensure extra travel time to work and school. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... Near critical to critical fire weather conditions are forecast Monday afternoon resulting in the issuance of a Fire Weather Watch for Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties in Colorado along with Wallace, Logan, Greeley and Wichita counties in Kansas. Any fire that develops as winds gust around 45 mph will result in rapid growth and may become uncontrollable. Isolated strong to potentially severe thunderstorms are forecast along and west of Highway 27 Monday afternoon. The strongest storms may produce hail up to half dollar size, damaging winds and while not likely a brief tornado may occur as well. A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect for portions of the area Monday evening through Tuesday evening. Near blizzard to blizzard conditions are forecast along with the potential for heavy snow. Dangerous to impossible travel conditions may result along with additional stress to power lines and trees. A High Wind Watch remains in effect for the entire Tri-State area late Monday night through late Tuesday night. Wind gusts up to 70 mph are currently forecast. High winds will create dangerous travel conditions, particularly for high-profile vehicles. Wind of this magnitude will down trees, power lines, and damage property. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:30 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:38 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 35 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:29 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:30 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 7 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2025Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2025Every red flag warning in 2025
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.