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Heat Advisory 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this heat advisory at Jun 25, 2012, 2:24 PM MDT for 24 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 26, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2012, 2:24 PM MDT (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 26, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 24 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
594 WWUS73 KLBF 252024 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 324 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES THROUGH EARLY EVENING AND THEN AGAIN ON TUESDAY... .VERY WARM AIR AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 DEGREES THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF FRONTIER...HAYES...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. THEN ON TUESDAY... TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR ABOVE 100 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE AS HIGH ON TUESDAY...BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX VALUES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NEZ059-070-071-260430- /O.NEW.KLBF.HT.Y.0003.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120626T0200Z/ LINCOLN-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH PLATTE...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS... EUSTIS 324 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 DEGREES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY AS WELL...WITH HEAT INDEXES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES. * IMPACTS: HEAT INDEX VALUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRESENT AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NEZ004>006-008-023>026-035>037-057-058-069-094-260430- /O.NEW.KLBF.HT.Y.0003.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS- BLAINE-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 324 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 /224 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES OF 100 TO 108 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS: HEAT INDEX VALUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRESENT AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ BROOKS
5 follow-up statements
788 WWUS73 KLBF 260215 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 915 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES AGAIN ON TUESDAY... .VERY WARM AIR AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 DEGREES TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR ABOVE 100 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE AS HIGH ON TUESDAY...BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. NEZ059-070-071-270015- /O.EXP.KLBF.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120626T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.HT.Y.0003.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ LINCOLN-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH PLATTE...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS... EUSTIS 915 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...HEAT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY... THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 105 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY RESULTING IN HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: HEAT INDEX VALUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRESENT AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NEZ007-009-010-027>029-038-270015- /O.EXA.KLBF.HT.Y.0003.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW 915 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 105 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY RESULTING IN HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: HEAT INDEX VALUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRESENT AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NEZ004>006-008-023>026-035>037-057-058-069-094-270015- /O.CON.KLBF.HT.Y.0003.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS- BLAINE-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 915 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 /815 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 105 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY RESULTING IN HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: HEAT INDEX VALUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRESENT AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ MASEK
351 WWUS73 KLBF 260926 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 426 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES AGAIN TODAY... .VERY WARM AIR AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 DEGREES TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR ABOVE 100 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE AS HIGH ON TUESDAY...BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. NEZ004>010-023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-094-261730- /O.CON.KLBF.HT.Y.0003.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT- HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS... MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 426 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 /326 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 105 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY RESULTING IN HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: HEAT INDEX VALUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRESENT AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$
621 WWUS73 KLBF 261427 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 927 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES AGAIN TODAY... NEZ004>010-023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-094-262230- /O.CON.KLBF.HT.Y.0003.120626T1800Z-120627T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT- HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS... MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 927 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 /827 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 108 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES...WITH READINGS NEAR 108 DEGREES...WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. FARTHER EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE AS HIGH...BUT HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAT AND PUSH HEAT INDEX READINGS TO OVER 100 DEGREES. * IMPACTS: HEAT INDEX VALUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRESENT AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ TAYLOR
592 WWUS73 KLBF 262110 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 410 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...HIGH HEAT INDEX INTO THIS EVENING... NEZ004>010-023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-094-270200- /O.CON.KLBF.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120627T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT- HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS... MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 410 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 /310 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 110 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES...WITH READINGS UP TO 110 DEGREES...WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. FARTHER EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...BUT HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAT AND PUSH HEAT INDEX READINGS OVER 100 DEGREES. * IMPACTS: HEAT INDEX VALUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRESENT AN INCREASED THREAT OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ BROOKS
567 WWUS73 KLBF 270204 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 904 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 NEZ004>010-023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-094-270315- /O.EXP.KLBF.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120627T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT- HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS... MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 904 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 /804 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE NOT AT CRITICAL LEVELS...THUS THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MASEK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jun 25, 12:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 12:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 101 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 .AVIATION... CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SLOWLY MIXES OUT. THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WHERE THIS MOISTURE IS IN PLACE IS LOOKING TO BE LOCATED FROM AROUND KIEN TO KLXN AT 12Z TUESDAY MORNING. BELIEVE STRATUS WILL ONCE AGAIN FILL IN OVER AREAS NORTHEAST OF THIS BOUNDARY SO ADDED LOWERED CEILINGS IN FOR KVTN IN THE MORNING HOURS. AT LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE BOUNDARY AND THE EDGE OF THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...BELIEVE THE MOISTURE WILL BE QUITE SHALLOW AND WOULD INSTEAD GET A FEW HOURS OF FOG...WHICH HAS BEEN INCLUDED AT KLBF. THIS BOUNDARY THEN LOOKS TO PUSH EAST QUICKLY IN THE MORNING...WHICH SHOULD MIX THIS MOISTURE OUT AND IMPROVE CONDITIONS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1033 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2012/ UPDATE... UPDATED TO PULL THE FOG OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR THIS MORNING ALTHOUGH GETTING SOME 3 TO 5 MILE VISIBILITIES AT KVTN/KANW/KBBW STILL AT 15Z. CLOUDS MAY STICK AROUND A LITTLE LONGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHILE THE SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA HAVE MIXED OUT ALREADY. DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE 60S AND LOW 70S OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ALTHOUGH DO SEE READINGS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 50S IN PARTS OF EASTERN AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL COLORADO WILL PUSH NORTH THROUGH THE DAY...BRINGING THE DRIER AIR NORTHWARD AS WELL. THIS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER BUT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TIME TO ALLOW FOR NEAR FULL MIXING...BRINGING TEMPERATURES TO FORECAST HIGHS AND ALSO BRINGING PORTIONS OF THE AREA TO RED FLAG CRITERIA. LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO SEE THIS WILL BE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CRESCENT LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE TO OGALLALA TO IMPERIAL. AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF THE CRESCENT LAKE TO IMPERIAL LINE LOOK TO STILL BE QUITE WARM TODAY...BUT WILL NOT REACH FULL MIXING. STILL WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S...APPARENT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE AROUND 100 DEGREES IN LINCOLN...HAYES AND FRONTIER COUNTIES SO NO CHANGES EXPECTED TO HEAT ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORING CLOUDS AND DEWPOINTS INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH FURTHER UPDATES POSSIBLE AS THESE IMPACT TEMPERATURES. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 344 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2012/ DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY. MAIN FORECASTING CHALLENGES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTREME HEAT. EVENING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATES LONG WAVE RIDGING OVER MOST OF THE CONTIGUOUS 48...WITH TROUGHING ANALYZED ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHEASTERN STATES. AS TO BE EXPECTED...THE GREATEST MID AND UPPER JET ENERGY REMAINS WELL NORTH OF THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS WITH A MODEST JET STREAK ANALYZED ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY REVEALS THAT SUBSTANTIALLY DRY AIR RESIDES FROM TEXAS NORTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...BUT REMNANT MID LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTH ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE STRETCH NORTHWARD FROM OLD MEXICO INTO NORTHERN WYOMING. CONVECTION WAS ABLE TO FIRE DESPITE THE +20C AIR AT 7H ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS PAST EVENING....WITH THE DECAYING TOPS WORKING NORTHEAST INTO THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. A QUICK CHECK OF THE SURFACE REVEALS A PERSISTENT STATIONARY BOUNDARY SITUATED NORTH OF KSYF AND THEN EAST ALONG THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER...FURTHER NORTH...EASTERLY FLOW WITH TD/S IN THE 70S ARE THE NORM AT 06Z. REDUCED VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN NOTED SPORADICALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND THE PLATTE VALLEY...BUT WIDESPREAD FOG HAS NOT FORMED AS OF 08Z. THE EXPECTED STRATUS AND LIGHT FOG WILL LIFT QUICKLY THIS MORNING AS MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A NORTHWESTWARD ADVANCEMENT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASINGLY DRIER AIR TO INFILTRATE OUR WESTERN COUNTIES AND AS A SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO/WYOMING...THE EASTERLY FLOW WILL TRANSITION TO MORE SOUTHEASTERLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. AS SUFFICIENT MIXING OCCURS...ABNORMALLY WARM AIR ALOFT AND THE DRYING CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN NEBRASKA...WITH WIDESPREAD TRIPLE DIGIT READINGS EXPECTED. GREATER ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND A MORE EASTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND WILL HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 OVER OUR NORTH CENTRAL ZONES. WITH THE INCREASING HEAT AND A FAIR AMOUNT OF MOISTURE EAST OF THE BOUNDARY...DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF OVER 100F ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR LINCOLN...HAYES AND FRONTIER COUNTY FROM 18-02Z THIS AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUST POTENTIAL OF 25 MPH BY AFTERNOON. THE ELEVATED WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH A DRY ANTECEDENT AIRMASS AND THE RECORD /NEAR/ WARMTH TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE ZONE 204 AND 210 BEGINNING AT 17Z AND CONTINUING UNTIL 03Z. NOTE THAT WESTERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 206 MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. A EASTWARD EXTENSION MAY BE NEEDED. WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND AN OVERALL LACK IN KINEMATIC FORCING...THE FORECAST APPEARS TO REMAIN DRY THROUGH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. HOWEVER THE NAM...GFS AND EURO SUGGEST TO VARYING DEGREES THE FORMATION OF OF ISOLATED CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PANHANDLE/NORTHWEST. GIVEN THE EXPECTED WELL MIXED ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRESENCE OF A BOUNDARY...CANNOT ENTIRE RULE OUT A STRAY HIGH BASED TSTORM. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THE EXPECTED INVERTED V ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SAND HILLS...SO ERRATIC WIND GUSTS WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THE POTENTIAL OF DRY CG FROM ANY STORM THAT WERE TO DEVELOP. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...A FULL TORCH OUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION IS LIKELY ON TUESDAY. THE UPPER PATTERN TRANSITIONS TO SLIGHTLY SOUTHWEST AS THE RIDGE AXIS BUILDS EAST WITH AN IMPINGING NORTHWESTERN CONUS TROUGH. WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND H85 T/S REACHING 30-38C...TRIPLE DIGIT READINGS WILL BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH IF NOT ALL OF THE CWA. SEVERAL RECORDS MAY BE BROKEN. FOR WEDNESDAY...AVAILABLE GUIDANCE INDICATES THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK BOUNDARY AS THE NORTHWESTERN CONUS TROUGH ADVANCES ACROSS THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE FOR A SLIGHT REPRIEVE FROM THE RECORD BREAKING HEAT. NAM HAS THE FRONT THROUGH THE CWA BY 15Z...WITH THE GFS SLIGHTLY SLOWER. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NOTICEABLY COOLER...BUT RATHER THAN MAKE WHOLESALE CHANGES TO THE ONGOING FORECAST...WILL LOWER THE EXISTING T/S A COUPLE DEGREES TO START...BUT HOPEFULLY THESE NUMBERS WILL NEED TO BE TRENDED LOWER FURTHER. FIRE CONCERNS WILL BE HIGH AGAIN ON TUESDAY AS CRITICALLY LOW RH...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW COMBINE TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH/BEHAVIOR. RATHER THAN GET TOO COMPLICATED AND ADD TO THE VARIOUS HEADLINES...WILL TAKE EACH ONE DAY AT A TIME. THAT BEING SAID...IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE FIRE ZONES WITH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA ON TUESDAY. EXTENDED...12Z THURSDAY AND BEYOND. THERE/S PRETTY GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT IN THE EXTENDED...AS THE UPPER RIDGE IS SOMEWHAT BROKEN DOWN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN SW TROUGH. TRAILING THE TROUGH...MODELS HAVE A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL UPPER JET STREAK CRUISING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. WITH VARYING DEGREES...THE LONGER RANGE SOLUTIONS PLACE THE RRQ OF THE DEPARTING JET IN A FAVORABLE PROXIMITY TO WESTERN/NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO PROVIDE SOME UPPER SUPPORT. MEANWHILE...A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS SHOWN MOVING THROUGH QUASI SW TO ZONAL FLOW WHICH MAY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED STORMS LATE THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER DISTURBANCE PROGGED FRIDAY EVENING. WILL LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE MENTION IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW. UPPER RIDGE LOOKS TO ONCE AGAIN BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS FOR THE WEEKEND...BUT THERE IS THE TYPICAL VARIANCE WITHIN THE SOLUTIONS THIS FAR OUT...WILL TREND THE EXTENDED TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO...AND WAIT FOR A STRONGER SIGNAL BEFORE VENTURING ANY HIGHER. FIRE WEATHER... CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. A DRY AIRMASS WILL INFILTRATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO NEAR RECORD VALUES. WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW AS A SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE EASTERN HIGH PLAINS...CONDITIONS BECOME FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS FIRE ZONES 204 AND 210...AND POSSIBLY SPREADING AS FAR EAST AS WESTERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 206. MINIMUM RH VALUES OF UNDER 10 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUST POTENTIAL OF 25 MPH. ON TUESDAY...WIDESPREAD RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AS RECORD TEMPERATURES COMBINE WITH A DRY ANTECEDENT AIRMASS AND GUSTS POTENTIAL OF 25 MPH TO SUPPORT EXTREME GROWTH POTENTIAL. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NEZ204-210. HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ059-070-071. && SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...JACOBS AVIATION/UPDATE...BROOKS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:34 AM MDT, 8 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 634 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-261145- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 634 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 /534 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE INTO PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL HELP TO PRODUCE HOT CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS FRONTIER...HAYES...AND LINCOLN COUNTY. DRY AIR WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA AND COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA OF CONCERN WILL GENERALLY BE WEST OF A LINE FROM HAY SPRINGS THROUGH OGALLALA AND HAYES CENTER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. EXTREME HEAT IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD TUESDAY WITH MANY LOCATIONS REACHING HIGHS ABOVE 100 DEGREES...WITH SOME AREAS EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX READINGS ARE LIKELY ON TUESDAY...GENERALLY EAST OF AN IMPERIAL THROUGH CODY LINE. AREAS WEST OF THIS LINE MAY REACH CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...SO VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AS WELL. THIS WILL BRING A CONTINUED RISK OF RANGE FIRE TO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:21 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 18 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:39 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:46 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Frontier and 10 more | 13 hr |
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