Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Sep 9, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Sep 9, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2012, 8:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 30 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, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 2182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
543 WWUS83 KGID 092030 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 330 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR MONDAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-100430- /O.UPG.KGID.FW.A.0011.120910T1700Z-120911T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0026.120910T1700Z-120911T0100Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 330 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039...040... 041...046...047...048...049...060...061...062...063...064...072... 073...074...075...076...077...082...083...084...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 NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...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 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 15 TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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. && $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-100430- /O.CON.KGID.FW.A.0011.120910T1700Z-120911T0100Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- 330 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...007...017...018 AND 019... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES MAY VARY BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT GENERALLY AVERAGING OUT RIGHT AROUND 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS...OPEN FIRES COULD ESCAPE CONTROL VERY QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
800 WWUS83 KGID 092106 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 406 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR MONDAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. KSZ005>007-017>019-100530- /O.UPG.KGID.FW.A.0011.120910T1700Z-120911T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KGID.FW.W.0026.120910T1700Z-120911T0100Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- 406 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006... 007...017...018 AND 019... 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 8 PM CDT MONDAY. 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. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 15 TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-100530- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0026.120910T1700Z-120911T0100Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 406 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039...040...041...046...047...048...049...060...061...062...063... 064...072...073...074...075...076...077...082...083...084...085... 086 AND 087... * AFFECTED AREA...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 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 15 TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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. && $$
510 WWUS83 KGID 100333 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1033 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR MONDAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 101200- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0026.120910T1700Z-120911T0100Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 1033 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...007...017...018...019...039...040...041...046...047... 048...049...060...061...062...063...064...072...073...074...075... 076...077...082...083...084...085...086 AND 087... * 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 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 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 15 TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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. && $$ ROSSI
127 WWUS83 KGID 100907 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 407 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AND TUESDAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ041-047>049-061>064-073>077-082>087-102100- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.A.0012.120911T1700Z-120912T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0026.120910T1700Z-120911T0100Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK- POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY- FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 407 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...007...017...018...019...041...047...048...049... 061...062...063...064...073...074...075...076...077...082...083... 084...085...086 AND 087... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...007...017...018...019...041...047... 048...049...061...062...063...064...073...074...075...076...077... 082...083...084...085...086 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY 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 041 NANCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 HOWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 MERRICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 15 TO NEAR 20 PERCENT AT THEIR LOWEST TODAY AND TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ039-040-046-060-072-102100- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0026.120910T1700Z-120911T0100Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-DAWSON-GOSPER- 407 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039...040...046...060 AND 072... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 GREELEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 SHERMAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 15 TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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. && $$ WESELY
467 WWUS83 KGID 102009 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 309 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE FORECAST ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL RETURN AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND SURFACE FRONT. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ041-047>049-061>064-073>077-082>087-110430- /O.UPG.KGID.FW.A.0012.120911T1700Z-120912T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0027.120911T1700Z-120912T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120911T0100Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK- POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY- FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 309 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005... 006...007...017...018...019...041...047...048...049...061...062... 063...064...073...074...075...076...077...082...083...084...085... 086 AND 087... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006... 007...017...018...019...041...047...048...049...061...062...063... 064...073...074...075...076...077...082...083...084...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 NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY. 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 041 NANCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 HOWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 MERRICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 POLK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND RETURN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ARE FORECAST TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM 15 TO NEAR 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. OPEN FIRES COULD ESCAPE CONTROL VERY QUICKLY. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SMOKING MATERIALS...AND USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. THIS INCLUDES THOSE UNDERWAY WITH THE HARVEST OF CROPS...AS THE USE OF LARGE FARM MACHINERY AND OFF ROAD VEHICLES IN THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENTAL 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. && $$ NEZ039-040-046-060-072-110430- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0027.120911T1700Z-120912T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120911T0100Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-DAWSON-GOSPER- 309 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039... 040...046...060 AND 072... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039...040... 046...060 AND 072... 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 8 PM CDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 VALLEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 GREELEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 SHERMAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES ARE FORECAST TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM 15 TO NEAR 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. OPEN FIRES COULD ESCAPE CONTROL VERY QUICKLY. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SMOKING MATERIALS...AND USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. THIS INCLUDES THOSE UNDERWAY WITH THE HARVEST OF CROPS...AS THE USE OF LARGE FARM MACHINERY AND OFF ROAD VEHICLES IN THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENTAL 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. && $$
697 WWUS83 KGID 110103 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 803 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE WILL RETURN TO THE LOCAL AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND SURFACE FRONT. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 110915- /O.CAN.KGID.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120911T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0027.120911T1700Z-120912T0100Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 803 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...007...017...018...019...039...040...041...046...047... 048...049...060...061...062...063...064...072...073...074...075... 076...077...082...083...084...085...086 AND 087... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...007...017...018... 019...039...040...041...046...047...048...049...060...061...062... 063...064...072...073...074...075...076...077...082...083...084... 085...086 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * 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 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 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WILSONVILLE NEBRASKA TO GREELEY NEBRASKA...WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...EXPECTED WEST OF THIS LINE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. OPEN FIRES COULD ESCAPE CONTROL VERY QUICKLY. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SMOKING MATERIALS...AND USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. THIS INCLUDES THOSE UNDERWAY WITH THE HARVEST OF CROPS...AS THE USE OF LARGE FARM MACHINERY AND OFF ROAD VEHICLES IN THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENTAL 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. && $$ ROSSI/SALTZMAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Sep 9, 12:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 12:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1218 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012
.AVIATION...18Z TAF. QUIET WEATHER AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THOUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE KEEPING
WINDS ON THE LIGHT AND AT TIMES VARIABLE SIDE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
AS IT SLIDES OFF TO THE EAST WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY.
AS WE GET INTO THE MID/LATE MORNING HOURS TOMORROW...A TIGHTENING
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WINDS...WITH GUSTS ALREADY UP NEAR 25 MPH BY THE END OF
THE TAF PERIOD.
&&
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 406 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012/
SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. CLEAR SKIES AND DRY
WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. THERE IS AN
ISOLATED CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACROSS FAR
NORTHWESTERN AREAS...SUCH AS GOTHENBURG AND ORD...AFTER MIDNIGHT
TUESDAY NIGHT AS A SFC TROUGH NEARS OUR FORECAST AREA. HIGH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 TODAY WILL WARM TO AROUND 90 ON MONDAY AND
INTO THE LOWER 90S ON TUESDAY.
TODAY...A SURFACE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA TODAY AND EVENTUALLY OFF TO OUR EAST BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL REMAIN LIGHT UNDER THIS HIGH PRESSURE
AREA AND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTHERLY FROM WEST TO EAST BY
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE HIGH PRESSES EAST. THERE WILL BE LESS
MIXING THIS AFTERNOON AND THUS EXPECT HIGHS WILL BE JUST A FEW
DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY AND GENERALLY AROUND 80...BUT MAY
HOLD IN THE UPPER 70S ACROSS OUR EASTERN ZONES.
MONDAY...THE SFC HIGH MOVES EVEN FURTHER EAST AND THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TIGHTENS AS A SFC LOW BEGINS TO
TRACK INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS. THE AIR MASS WILL STILL BE RATHER DRY AND TAKE TIME
TO MOISTEN SO EXPECT LOW RH VALUES WITH DECENT MIXING BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. RH VALUES WILL BE MARGINAL FOR RED FLAG CRITERIA...BUT
STILL RIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE CRITICAL 20 PERCENT VALUE.
IN ADDITION...THE WINDS SHOULD BE WELL ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA.
CONSEQUENTLY...FELT THAT CONFIDENCE WAS HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE
ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE CWA WITH THE GREATEST
CONFIDENCE OF MEETING CRITERIA NORTHWEST OF A GENEVA NEBRASKA TO
OSBORN KANSAS LINE.
TUESDAY...SFC TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL NEAR OUR NORTHWESTERN
CWA...BUT NEARLY ALL FORECAST MODELS KEEP THE FRONT NORTHWEST OF
OUR CWA. THEREFORE...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH BREEZY SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE AND MANY AREAS COULD ONCE AGAIN
EXPERIENCE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WILL NOT EXTEND
THE RED FLAG WATCH INTO TUESDAY FOR NOW GIVEN THAT RH VALUES MAY BE
A BIT HIGHER ON TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE CLOSE. TUESDAY WILL
LIKELY BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOR
THIS PERIOD WILL BE PRECIPITATION CHANCES STARTING WEDNESDAY AND
GOING THROUGH THURSDAY.
NOT TOO MUCH HAS CHANGED WITH REGARDS TO PRECIPITATION CHANCES
ACROSS THE REGION. WE ARE STILL SLATED TO GET SOME MUCH NEED RAIN
ACROSS THE CWA. THE MAIN CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS DAYS IS THE TIMING OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE CWA...WHICH APPEARS TO BEGIN A LITTLE LATER
THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. A TRAILING COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH AN
ADVANCING TROUGH OVER CANADA WILL EXTEND DOWN INTO THE CWA TUESDAY
NIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING...BRINGING PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO THE
OUTLOOK AREA AND POSSIBLY SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TIMING OF
PRECIPITATION FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA APPEARS TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY
MORNING/AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...A DRY AIRMASS IS PROGGED TO SIT
OVER THE REGION UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING...SO PRECIPITATION CHANCES
EARLIER THAN THIS ARE NOT VERY HIGH. HOWEVER...IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT THE 03Z RUN OF THE SREF HAS PRECIPITATION STARTING OVER THE CWA
AS EARLY AS 00Z WEDNESDAY FOR EASTERN PARTS OF THE CWA. THE GFS AND
EC AGREE WITH PRECIPITATION STARTING AROUND THE MID MORNING HOURS OF
WEDNESDAY WHEN THE COLD FRONT FINAL ENTER THE CWA. WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING APPEARS TO BE A VERY DECENT SHOT AT SOME MUCH
NEED RAIN FOR THE CWA. BETWEEN 00Z AND 12Z MOST OF THE CWA HAS POPS
NEAR 50 PERCENT. STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
FORECAST...AND THIS IS SIMPLY DUE TO A WEAK SHEAR ENVIRONMENT AND
VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY AT BEST.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087.
KS...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR KSZ005>007-017>019.
&&
AVIATION...ADO
SHORT...WESELY
LONG...GUERREROHazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 5:11 AM CDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 511 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 101200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 511 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HOT...WINDY AND DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT...WINDY AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) WESELY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 3:20 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 13 hr |
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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.