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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
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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</html>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 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-150015- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 1:19 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Thomas, Wichita | 24 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:19 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:20 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.