Red Flag Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Nov 8, 2007, 2:56 AM MST (09:56 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 8, 2007, 11:00 AM MST

Expired

Nov 8, 2007, 5:00 PM MST

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 North Platte radar (KLNX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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.

000 
WWUS83 KLBF 080956
RFWLBF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
356 AM CST THU NOV 8 2007

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON IN
SOUTHWESTERN...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA...

.DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY
WINDS....WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.
A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES
INDEXES...AND WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 25
MPH...WILL PERMIT RAPID FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON.

NEZ204-210-090000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0009.071108T1800Z-071109T0000Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-
356 AM CST THU NOV 8 2007 /256 AM MST THU NOV 8 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO
6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY
TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN COMBINATION WITH...HIGH
HAINES INDEXES AND WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH...WILL ALLOW
FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN
IS WEST OF A LINE FROM MERRIMAN...TO OGALLALA...TO HAYES CENTER.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET...AS
TEMPERATURES DECREASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. 

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.

$$

BUTTLER

000 
WWUS83 KLBF 081806
RFWLBF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1206 PM CST THU NOV 8 2007

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON IN
SOUTHWESTERN...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA ...

.DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS...
WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDEXES...AND WESTERLY
WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...WILL PERMIT RAPID
FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON.

NEZ204-210-090000-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071109T0000Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-
1206 PM CST THU NOV 8 2007 /1106 AM MST THU NOV 8 2007/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS AFTERNOON. 

MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN COMBINATION WITH...HIGH
HAINES INDEXES AND WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH...WILL ALLOW
FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN AREA OF
CONCERN IS WEST OF A LINE FROM MERRIMAN...TO OGALLALA...TO HAYES
CENTER. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET...
AS TEMPERATURES DECREASE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

CLB/JWS

Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007

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.