Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Jun 14, 2006, 1:56 AM MDT for 11 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 14, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2006, 1:56 AM MDT (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 14, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2006, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:30 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 13 Nnw Ogallala, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1471 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS83 KLBF 140756 RFWLBF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 256 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...HOT...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN NEBRASKA... BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...COUPLED WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...WILL MAKE FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ204-210-150000- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0002.060614T1900Z-060615T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0003.060614T1800Z-060615T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 256 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 /156 AM MDT WED JUN 14 2006/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT (NOON MDT) THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT (6 PM MDT) THIS EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...SOUTHERLY WINDS OR 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO ELEMENTS...AND VERY DRY AND CURED FUELS...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ BUTTLER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS83 KLBF 141739 RFWLBF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1239 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...HOT AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS...COUPLED WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...WILL MAKE FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ204-210-150000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0003.060614T1800Z-060615T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 1239 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 /1139 AM MDT WED JUN 14 2006/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LITTLE RAINFALL WILL BE CAPABLE OF IGNITING GRASS FIRES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ JMC
000 WWUS83 KLBF 142038 RFWLBF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 338 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...HOT AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 5 AND 15 PERCENT...WILL MAKE FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THE EVENING. NEZ204-210-150000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060615T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 338 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006 /238 PM MDT WED JUN 14 2006/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE. IN ADDITION TO THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LITTLE RAINFALL WILL BE CAPABLE OF IGNITING GRASS FIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ JMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 47 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.