Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Aug 22, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT for 16 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Aug 22, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Aug 22, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 22, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2012, 7:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 3665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
550 WWUS83 KGID 220846 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 346 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KSZ006-007-018-019-NEZ040-041-047>049-062>064-075>077-085>087- 221700- /O.UPG.KGID.FW.A.0008.120822T1700Z-120823T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0022.120822T1800Z-120823T0100Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-GREELEY-NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 346 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...018...019...040...041...047...048... 049...062...063...064...075...076...077...085...086 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 GREELEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 NANCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 HOWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 MERRICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS... AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS...OPEN FIRES COULD ESCAPE CONTROL VERY QUICKLY. 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. && $$ NEZ039-046-221700- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0022.120822T1800Z-120823T0100Z/ VALLEY-SHERMAN- 346 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039 AND 046... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 VALLEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 SHERMAN. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS... AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS...OPEN FIRES COULD ESCAPE CONTROL VERY QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
258 WWUS83 KGID 221648 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1148 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KSZ006-007-018-019-NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-075>077-085>087- 230100- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0022.120822T1800Z-120823T0100Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD- MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 1148 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006... 007...018...019...039...040...041...046...047...048...049...062... 063...064...075...076...077...085...086 AND 087... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 GREELEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 NANCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 HOWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 MERRICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS... AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS...OPEN FIRES COULD ESCAPE CONTROL VERY QUICKLY. 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. && $$ EWALD
504 WWUS83 KGID 230004 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 704 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED... .AT 7 PM CDT...TEMPERATURES HAD BEGUN TO FALL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WERE ON THE RISE. WHILE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NO LONGER JUSTIFY A RED FLAG WARNING. KSZ006-007-018-019-NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-075>077-085>087- 230115- /O.CAN.KGID.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120823T0100Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD- MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 704 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 006...007...018...019...039... 040...041...046...047...048...049...062...063...064...075...076... 077...085...086 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ ROSSI
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.