Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Sep 21, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT for 6 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 21, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 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 21, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2012, 2:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 3373 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
861 WWUS83 KGID 210839 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 339 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING AND WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUST TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ060-072-073-082>084-211715- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0029.120921T1700Z-120922T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- FRANKLIN- 339 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...017...018...060...072...073...082...083 AND 084... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. THIS INCLUDES THOSE UNDERWAY WITH HARVEST... 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
458 WWUS83 KGID 211616 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1116 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... .A NORTHWESTERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH AVERAGE SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ060-072-073-082>084-220000- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0029.120921T1700Z-120922T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- FRANKLIN- 1116 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005... 006...017...018...060...072...073...082...083 AND 084... * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND MAKE ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. USE CAUTION WHEN CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. THIS INCLUDES THOSE UNDERWAY WITH HARVEST... AS THE USE OF LARGE FARM MACHINERY AND OFF ROAD VEHICLES IN THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENTAL FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ GUERRERO
213 WWUS83 KGID 211921 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 221 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ060-072-073-082>084-212030- /O.CAN.KGID.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120922T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- FRANKLIN- 221 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006...017...018...060... 072...073...082...083 AND 084... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW 20 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 25 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ GUERRERO
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.