Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 10, 2012, 3:38 AM CST for 24 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 10, 2012, 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
- Mar 10, 2012, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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 09:38 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 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
563 WWUS83 KGID 100938 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 338 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PROMOTE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING. NEZ039>041-046>049-101745- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0009.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK- 338 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039...040...041...046...047...048 AND 049... 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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 POLK. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED...AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
824 WWUS83 KGID 101558 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 958 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS... ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PROMOTE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING. NEZ060>064-072>077-110000- /O.EXA.KGID.FW.W.0009.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS- CLAY-FILLMORE- 958 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 060...061... 062...063...064...072...073...074...075...076 AND 077... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED... AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NEZ039>041-046>049-110000- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0009.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK- 958 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 039... 040...041...046...047...048 AND 049... * 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 POLK. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED... AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED 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. && $$
936 WWUS83 KGID 101746 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1146 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS... ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PROMOTE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING. KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ082>086-110000- /O.EXA.KGID.FW.W.0009.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS- 1146 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006... 017...018...082...083...084...085 AND 086... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED... AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-110000- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0009.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- 1146 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING 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 AND 077... * 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED... AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED 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. && $$
755 WWUS83 KGID 101814 CCA RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1213 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS... ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PROMOTE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING. KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ082>086-110000- /O.COR.KGID.FW.W.0009.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS- 1213 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006... 017...018...082...083...084...085 AND 086... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 PHILLIPS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 006 SMITH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 017 ROOKS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 018 OSBORNE. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 082 FURNAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 HARLAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED... AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-110000- /O.COR.KGID.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120311T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- 1213 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING 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 AND 077... * 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED... AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED 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. && $$
718 WWUS83 KGID 102118 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 318 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS... ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PROMOTE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING. KSZ007-019-NEZ087-110000- /O.EXA.KGID.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120311T0000Z/ JEWELL-MITCHELL-THAYER- 318 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007... 019 AND 087... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED... AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>086- 110000- /O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120311T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD- MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS- KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS- 318 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005... 006...017...018...039...040...041...046...047...048...049...060... 061...062...063...064...072...073...074...075...076...077...082... 083...084...085 AND 086... * 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 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 1O TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED... AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED 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. && $$
434 WWUS83 KGID 102348 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 548 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 110100- /O.EXP.KGID.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120311T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 548 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005...006... 007...017...018...019...039...040...041...046...047...048...049... 060...061...062...063...064...072...073...074...075...076...077... 082...083...084...085...086 AND 087... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES COOL THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE WIND ALTHOUGH STILL BREEZY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST. $$ WESELY
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.