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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

March 3, 2025Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2025-03-03Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2025-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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
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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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 1:30 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more42 hr
Mar 3, 1:38 AM MSTBlizzard WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman35 hr
Mar 3, 1:29 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 5 more30 hr
Mar 3, 1:30 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson7 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.