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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
307 PM MDT FRI MAR 20 2026
.PERSISTENTLY DRY CONDITIONS AND SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS UP TO
30 MPH ARE FORECAST ALONG WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES. STRONGEST
WINDS ARE FORECAST FROM AROUND 1 PM TO 6 PM CDT. A BRIEF LULL IN
THE WIND IS FORECAST IN THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN
DURING THE LATE EVENING. TOWARDS THE LATTER PART OF THE WARNING, A
COLD FRONT SHIFTING THE WINDS TO THE NORTH WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND
45 MPH IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH, THIS COULD REINVIGORATE ANY
SMOLDER FIRES.
KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ079>081-211800-
/O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0016.260321T1600Z-260322T0900Z/
RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
307 PM MDT FRI MAR 20 2026 /407 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026/
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/
SATURDAY TO 3 AM MDT /4 AM CDT/ SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002, 003, 004, 014, 015, 016,
028, 029, 042, 079, 080, AND 081...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002 RAWLINS, 003 DECATUR,
004 NORTON, 014 THOMAS, 015 SHERIDAN, 016 GRAHAM, 028 LOGAN,
029 GOVE, 042 WICHITA, 079 DUNDY, 080 HITCHCOCK AND 081 RED
WILLOW.
* TIMING...FROM 10 AM MDT /11 AM CDT/ SATURDAY TO 3 AM MDT /4 AM
CDT/ SUNDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...UNPREDICTABLE FIRE BEHAVIOR. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP
MAY RAPIDLY GROW AND SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
COMPLY WITH BURN BANS AND REGULATIONS. AVOID DRIVING ON DRY GRASS
OR BRUSH. MAINTAIN VEHICLE BRAKES AND TIRES AND SECURE TOW CHAINS
TO AVOID DRAGGING. NEVER TOSS LIT CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GOODLAND
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