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Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Goodland, KS

April 13, 20269 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 13, 2026, 10:02 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 14, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
Apr 13, 2026, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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 Apr 13, 6:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 6:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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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.