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Red Flag Warning
Issued by NWS Goodland, KS

000
WWUS83 KGLD 140858
RFWGLD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
258 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...

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

KSZ015-141000-
/O.CAN.KGLD.FW.A.0007.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
SHERIDAN-
358 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH.

ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON
...WIND SPEEDS WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE RED FLAG
CONDITIONS. THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

KSZ028-029-042-141900-
/O.UPG.KGLD.FW.A.0007.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0011.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-
358 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
028...029 AND 042...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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

* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

KSZ041-141900-
/O.NEW.KGLD.FW.W.0011.130514T1700Z-130515T0100Z/
GREELEY-
258 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 041...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 GREELEY.

* WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 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 RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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