Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Nov 25, 2011, 2:37 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 26, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2011, 2:37 PM CST (20:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 21 counties
Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
442 WWUS83 KGID 252037 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 237 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...VERY DRY AIR AND DRY VEGETATION WILL PRESENT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039-046-060-061-072>074-082>085-260500- /O.UPG.KGID.FW.A.0008.111126T1800Z-111127T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0013.111126T1800Z-111127T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-SHERMAN- DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER- 237 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006... 007...017...018...019...039...046...060...061...072...073...074... 082...083...084 AND 085... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SMOKING MATERIALS...AND USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NEZ040-047-062-075-260500- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0013.111126T1800Z-111127T0000Z/ GREELEY-HOWARD-HALL-ADAMS- 237 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 040...047... 062 AND 075... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 GREELEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 HOWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SMOKING MATERIALS...AND USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BRYANT
4 follow-up statements
121 WWUS83 KGID 260257 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 857 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...VERY DRY AIR AND DRY VEGETATION WILL PRESENT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085- 261200- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0013.111126T1800Z-111127T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY- SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- 857 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...007...017...018...019...039...046...060...061... 072...073...074...082...083...084 AND 085... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST 33 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SMOKING MATERIALS...AND USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
280 WWUS83 KGID 260936 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 336 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...VERY DRY AIR AND DRY VEGETATION WILL PRESENT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085- 261800- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0013.111126T1800Z-111127T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY- SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- 336 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...007...017...018...019...039...046...060...061... 072...073...074...082...083...084 AND 085... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SMOKING MATERIALS...AND USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
620 WWUS83 KGID 261717 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1117 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...VERY DRY AIR AND DRY VEGETATION WILL PRESENT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085- 270000- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0013.111126T1800Z-111127T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY- SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- 1117 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005... 006...007...017...018...019...039...040...046...047...060...061... 062...072...073...074...075...082...083...084 AND 085... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH ACROSS THE AREA. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SMOKING MATERIALS...AND USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ BRYANT
329 WWUS83 KGID 262346 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 546 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039-040-046-047-060>062-072>075-082>085- 270100- /O.EXP.KGID.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY- SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- 546 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006... 007...017...018...019...039...040...046...047...060...061...062... 072...073...074...075...082...083...084 AND 085... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE LESS GUSTY THAN IT HAS BEEN THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 AM. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE RISEN EARLY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOLED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE NO LONGER MEETING RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA AND THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ WESELY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 3:47 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 11 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 38 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:22 PM CST | High Wind Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 28 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
Sources
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.