Red Flag Warning
Issued by NWS Goodland, KS

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WWUS83 KGLD 131946
RFWGLD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
146 PM MDT MON MAY 13 2013

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUESDAY...

.UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA.

KSZ015-028-029-042-140400-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FW.A.0007.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-
246 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 015...028...029 AND 042...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 SHERIDAN...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE AND
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL BE HIGH WITH THE POTENTIAL
  FOR FIRES TO QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

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