Red Flag Warning

351 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /451 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 001...002...013...014...015...027...028...029...041...042...

079...252...253 AND 254...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 252 YUMA...

FIRE WEATHER ZONE 253 KIT CARSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 254 
CHEYENNE CO. IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 CHEYENNE KS...

FIRE WEATHER ZONE 002 RAWLINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 
SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 014 THOMAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 
SHERIDAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 WALLACE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
028 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 GOVE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 
GREELEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 042 WICHITA. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE 
WEATHER ZONE 079 DUNDY.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

1217 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /117 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO
20 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A BENKELMAN TO HOXIE LINE THIS
AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF
A LINE FROM MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Goodland, Renner Field, .

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Goodland, Renner Field, .