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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

January 14, 2026Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Jan 14, 2026, 1:19 AM MST for Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Jan 15, 2026, 8:00 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
Jan 14, 2026, 1:19 AM MST (08:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2026, 8:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 15, 2026, 5:00 PM MST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jan 13, 9:54 PM MST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 9:54 PM MST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 5:05 PM MST, 8 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
505 PM MST Tue Jan 13 2026

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Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
505 PM MST Tue Jan 13 2026 /605 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026/

This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

Friday will be very windy with damaging wind gusts possible in the
afternoon. Power outages will be possible. In addition to the wind,
extreme fire growth and behavior may occur due to low humidity.
Finally, blowing dust and localized dust storms may develop,
resulting in extremely hazardous travel conditions from late morning
through about sunset.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected today or tonight.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 1:19 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLDCheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Thomas, Wichita24 hr
Jan 14, 1:19 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more42 hr
Jan 14, 1:20 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more33 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2026Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2026Every red flag warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.