Red Flag Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Nov 4, 2007, 11:33 AM MST (18:33 UTC)

Expired

Nov 4, 2007, 5:00 PM MST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
WWUS83 KLBF 041833
RFWLBF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1233 PM CST SUN NOV 4 2007

.MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE LEADING TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LEVELS BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. STRONG
WESTERLY WIND OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST...WITH GUSTS OVER
30 MPH...IS LEADING TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO

NEZ204-206-210-219-050000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0007.071104T1833Z-071105T0000Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/
SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
1233 PM CST SUN NOV 4 2007 /1133 AM MST SUN NOV 4 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE DROPPED TO THE LOWER TEENS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO
THE MID 70S THESE READINGS MAY BOTTOM OUT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
WESTERLY WINDS ARE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE OVER THE AREA WITH
SOME GUSTS OVER 30 MPH BEING REPORTED. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS SEEM LIKELY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH MANY
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR...INCLUDING
RECREATION AND AGRICULTURE...FIRE STARTS MAY BE POSSIBLE.

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.

$$

13

000 
WWUS83 KLBF 050000
RFWLBF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
600 PM CST SUN NOV 4 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED...


NEZ204-206-210-219-050100-
/O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071105T0000Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/
SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
600 PM CST SUN NOV 4 2007 /500 PM MST SUN NOV 4 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNING. 

WINDS HAD DECREASED THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WERE
INCREASING ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS
CANCELLED.

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.