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WWUS83 KGLD 190749  
RFWGLD  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS  
149 AM MDT THU MAR 19 2026  
 
COZ252-KSZ001>004-014>016-NEZ079>081-192200-  
/O.NEW.KGLD.FW.A.0014.260321T1600Z-260322T0900Z/  
YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-  
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-  
149 AM MDT THU MAR 19 2026 /249 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2026/  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH  
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE  
WEATHER ZONES 001, 002, 003, 004, 014, 015, 016, 079, 080, 081,  
AND 252...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A FIRE  
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN  
EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  
 
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001 CHEYENNE KS, 002  
RAWLINS, 003 DECATUR, 004 NORTON, 014 THOMAS, 015 SHERIDAN,  
016 GRAHAM, 079 DUNDY, 080 HITCHCOCK, 081 RED WILLOW AND 252  
YUMA.  
 
* TIMING...FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  
 
* WINDS... SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.  
 
* IMPACTS... UNPREDICTABLE FIRE BEHAVIOR. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP  
MAY RAPIDLY GROW AND SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG  
WARNINGS.  
 
 
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT  
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND  
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