Red Flag Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Aug 10, 2007, 3:00 AM MDT (09:00 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 10, 2007, 10:00 AM MDT

Expired

Aug 10, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Arthur County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Keith County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WWUS83 KLBF 100900
RFWLBF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
400 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA ZONE 204 TODAY...

.TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND DRY AIR ADVANCING ACROSS THE
PANHANDLE AND WESTERN NEBRASKA ON FRIDAY COMBINED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NEZ204-101700-
/O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0001.070810T1600Z-070811T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0001.070810T1600Z-070811T0300Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
300 AM MDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
MDT THIS EVENING.  

DRY CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA COMBINED WITH THUNDERSTORMS
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
TODAY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$
POWER

000 
WWUS83 KLBF 102009
RFWLBF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
309 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA ZONE 204 THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND DRY AIR ADVANCING ACROSS THE
PANHANDLE INTO THE WESTERN SANDHILLS WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE
DANGER CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL WILL ALSO LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS ACROSS THE AREA. 

NEZ204-110300-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070811T0300Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
209 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 204 FOR THE POSSIBILITY 
DRY THUNDERSTORMS...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

HOT...DRY CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA COMBINED WITH THUNDERSTORMS
CONTAINING LITTLE PRECIPITATION AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL NEAR THE
100 DEGREE MARK PRIOR TO SUNSET WITH LITTLE COOLING EXPECTED
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALSO
BE NEAR THE 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE PINE RIDGE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DO FORM ACROSS THE PANHANDLE INTO THE WESTERN SANDHILLS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO CONTAIN MUCH RAINFALL. NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED FROM LIGHTNING AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

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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.