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WWUS83 KGLD 160807
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
207 AM MDT WED APR 16 2025
...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
24 THURSDAY AFTERNOON; NORTHERLY WIND SHIFT EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING...
COZ253-254-KSZ013>016-027>029-041-042-170815-
/O.CON.KGLD.FW.A.0012.250417T1700Z-250418T0300Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-
GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
207 AM MDT WED APR 16 2025 /307 AM CDT WED APR 16 2025/
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013, 014, 015, 016, 027, 028, 029, 041, 042,
253, AND 254...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 013 SHERMAN, 014 THOMAS,
015 SHERIDAN, 016 GRAHAM, 027 WALLACE, 028 LOGAN, 029 GOVE,
041 GREELEY, 042 WICHITA, 253 KIT CARSON AND 254 CHEYENNE.
* TIMING...NOON TO SUNSET THURSDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 TO 10 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A NORTHERLY WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH A
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AROUND, OR SHORTLY
BEFORE, SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. AN EARLIER FRONTAL PASSAGE,
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON, WOULD FURTHER INCREASE THE SEVERITY
OF FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING AND ACTIVITIES THAT MAY CREATE SPARKS.
REPEATING, OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED ON THURSDAY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND
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