Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Oct 3, 2011, 3:16 PM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 4, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 15 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
- Oct 3, 2011, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2011, 2:02 AM MDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 26 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
309 WWUS83 KLBF 032116 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 416 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR RECORD LEVELS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW 30S TO DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM IMPERIAL TO VALENTINE. IN ADDITION...THESE AREAS WILL SEE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 35 MPH AT TIMES TO ENHANCE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. THE COMBINATION OF THE WARM AIR...LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS HAVE PROMPTED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. LOCATIONS WEST OF THE IMPERIAL TO VALENTINE LINE WILL ALSO SEE HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO BE A BIT LOWER THAN IN LOCATIONS TO THE EAST. NEZ206-208>210-219-040530- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0006.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0011.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 416 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 /316 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PAXTON TO CODY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$ NEZ204-040530- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0007.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 316 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM PAXTON TO CODY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BROOKS HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
6 follow-up statements
925 WWUS83 KLBF 040317 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1017 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR RECORD LEVELS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW 30S TO DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM IMPERIAL TO VALENTINE. IN ADDITION...THESE AREAS WILL SEE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 35 MPH AT TIMES TO ENHANCE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. THE COMBINATION OF THE WARM AIR...LOW HUMIDITIES... STRONG WINDS...AND DRY FUELS HAVE PROMPTED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. LOCATIONS WEST OF THE IMPERIAL TO VALENTINE LINE WILL ALSO SEE HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO BE A BIT LOWER THAN IN LOCATIONS TO THE EAST. NEZ206-208>210-219-041530- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0011.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1017 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2011 /917 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PAXTON TO CODY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$ NEZ204-041530- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0007.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 917 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM PAXTON TO CODY... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ROBERG HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
702 WWUS83 KLBF 040852 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 352 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DRY FUELS AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WARM DRY AIR TO WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S ARE EXPECTED. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. A LACK OF SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS HAS LED TO AN ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. FIRES THAT START WILL INTENSIFY AND SPREAD QUICKLY. NEZ204-041700- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0007.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KLBF.FW.W.0011.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 252 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PEOPLE CONDUCTING HARVESTING OPERATIONS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. 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. && $$ NEZ206-208>210-219-041700- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0011.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 352 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /252 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PEOPLE CONDUCTING HARVESTING OPERATIONS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
014 WWUS83 KLBF 040947 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 446 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DRY FUELS AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WARM DRY AIR TO WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S ARE EXPECTED. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. A LACK OF SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS HAS LED TO AN ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. FIRES THAT START WILL INTENSIFY AND SPREAD QUICKLY. NEZ204-041815- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0007.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KLBF.FW.W.0011.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 346 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PEOPLE CONDUCTING HARVESTING OPERATIONS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. 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. && $$ NEZ206-208>210-219-041815- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0011.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 446 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /346 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PEOPLE CONDUCTING HARVESTING OPERATIONS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
683 WWUS83 KLBF 042055 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 355 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EARLY THIS EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WARM DRY AIR TO WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S ARE EXPECTED. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. A LACK OF SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS HAS LED TO AN ABUNDANCE OF DRY FUELS. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDIFIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. FIRES THAT START WILL INTENSIFY AND SPREAD QUICKLY. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-050000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111005T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 355 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /255 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PEOPLE CONDUCTING HARVESTING OPERATIONS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF JACOBS
872 WWUS83 KLBF 042328 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 628 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... DRY FUELS AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM DRY AIR TO WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE EARLY THIS EVENING WILL IMPROVE TO 40 TO 50 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. EXISTING FIRES CONTINUE NEAR STAPLETON IN LOGAN COUNTY AND NEAR ELSIE IN PERKINS COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. FIRES THAT START WILL INTENSIFY AND SPREAD QUICKLY. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-051200- /O.EXT.KLBF.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111005T1200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 628 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 /528 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TO 40 TO 50 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PEOPLE CONDUCTING HARVESTING OPERATIONS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
416 WWUS83 KLBF 050802 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 302 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED... .WINDS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA HAVE DECREASED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE IMPROVED. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-050915- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111005T1200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 302 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 /202 AM MDT WED OCT 5 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED WESTERN NEBRASKA EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA HAVE DECREASED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE IMPROVED. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 3:42 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 14 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:16 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 13 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.