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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
648 PM MDT SAT MAR 21 2026
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-220900-
/O.CON.KGLD.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260322T0900Z/
CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-
WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
648 PM MDT SAT MAR 21 2026 /748 PM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026/
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT /4 AM CDT/
SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
001, 002, 003, 004, 013, 014, 015, 016, 027, 028, 029, 041, 042,
079, 080, AND 081...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 001 CHEYENNE KS, 002
RAWLINS, 003 DECATUR, 004 NORTON, 013 SHERMAN, 014 THOMAS, 015
SHERIDAN, 016 GRAHAM, 027 WALLACE, 028 LOGAN, 029 GOVE, 041
GREELEY, 042 WICHITA, 079 DUNDY, 080 HITCHCOCK AND 081 RED
WILLOW.
* TIMING...UNTIL 3 AM MDT /4 AM CDT/ SUNDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHERLY TO WESTERLY AT 5 TO 15 MPH THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH
AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE TONIGHT, BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE
SUNDAY MORNING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL GRADUALLY RISE TO 20 PERCENT OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
* 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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