Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 17, 2012, 2:55 PM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 18, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2012, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 10:24 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 26 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 1:35 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | Ogallala, NE | AIRPORT AWOS |
| Mar 18, 1:37 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 48 | Imperial, NE | ASOS |
| Mar 18, 1:55 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 3 E Big Springs, NE | UNION PACIFIC |
| Mar 18, 2:13 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 12 W Big Springs, NE | NEDOR |
| Mar 18, 2:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | Ellsworth, NE | NEDOR |
| Mar 18, 2:33 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 12 W Big Springs, NE | NEDOR |
| Mar 18, 2:33 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Imperial, NE | |
| Mar 18, 2:35 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Ogallala, NE | AIRPORT AWOS |
| Mar 18, 2:36 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | 29 S Merriman, NE | NEDOR |
| Mar 18, 3:03 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 12 Ssw Oshkosh, NE | |
| Mar 18, 3:16 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 29 S Merriman, NE | |
| Mar 18, 3:23 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 12 W Big Springs, NE | |
| Mar 18, 3:46 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 29 S Merriman, NE | |
| Mar 18, 3:48 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Imperial, NE | ASOS |
| Mar 18, 3:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Crescent Lake Nwr, NE | |
| Mar 18, 4:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Ellsworth, NE | |
| Mar 18, 4:12 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Callaway, NE | |
| Mar 18, 4:19 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Imperial, NE | |
| Mar 18, 4:38 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 1 Wnw Rushville, NE | |
| Mar 18, 4:38 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 1 Wnw Rushville, NE | |
| Mar 18, 4:48 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Imperial, NE | |
| Mar 18, 4:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 12 W Big Springs, NE | |
| Mar 18, 4:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 12 W Big Springs, NE | |
| Mar 18, 5:13 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 12 W Big Springs, NE | |
| Mar 18, 5:23 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Imperial, NE | |
| Mar 18, 5:23 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Valentine, NE | |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 29 S Merriman, NE | |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 29 S Merriman, NE | |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Ellsworth, NE | |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Ellsworth, NE | |
| Mar 18, 5:52 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Imperial, NE | |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 12 W Big Springs, NE | |
| Mar 18, 6:15 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Elsie, NE | |
| Mar 18, 6:15 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 N Elsie, NE | |
| Mar 18, 6:28 PM MDT | HAIL 0.5 | 2 Nw Sarben, NE | |
| Mar 18, 6:28 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Sarben, NE | NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY NERAIN OBSERVER |
| Mar 18, 6:28 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Paxton, NE | |
| Mar 18, 6:43 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 12 W Big Springs, NE | |
| Mar 18, 6:48 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 25 N Sarben, NE | |
| Mar 18, 7:04 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 15 N Hayes Center, NE | |
| Mar 18, 7:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 14 Sw Mullen, NE | |
| Mar 18, 7:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 8 Sw North Platte, NE | |
| Mar 18, 7:28 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Sse Hershey, NE | |
| Mar 18, 7:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 7 N Hayes Center, NE | |
| Mar 18, 7:31 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 10 S North Platte, NE | |
| Mar 18, 7:39 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 3 E North Platte, NE | |
| Mar 18, 7:59 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 17 Sw North Platte, NE | |
| Mar 18, 8:10 PM MDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw North Platte, NE | WELL DEFINED TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH MULTIPLE POWER FLASHES WEST OF TOWN. |
| Mar 18, 8:12 PM MDT | TORNADO | 5 S North Platte, NE | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR LAKE MALONEY. |
| Mar 18, 8:15 PM MDT | TORNADO | 4 W North Platte, NE | *** 1 INJ *** HOUSE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED NEAR FRONT STREET.OCCUPANT WAS INITIALLY TRAPPED BUT HAS SINCE BEEN RESCUED. |
| Mar 18, 8:17 PM MDT | TORNADO | North Platte, NE | PUBLIC REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND 1 MILE WEST OF SOUTH MILLER SCHOOL ROAD |
| Mar 18, 8:18 PM MDT | TORNADO | 3 Wsw North Platte, NE | 2 HOUSES DAMAGED. VISUAL CROSSING BAILEY YARDS. |
| Mar 18, 8:20 PM MDT | TORNADO | 3 Wsw North Platte, NE | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED DEBRIS CLOUD AND STOVE PIPE TORNADO LOOKING NORTHWEST TOWARD BAILEY YARD. |
| Mar 18, 8:20 PM MDT | TORNADO | 4 W North Platte, NE | PRELIMARY STORM SURVEY INDICATED 1 MINOR INJURY...SEVERAL POWERPOLES SNAPPED AND AT LEAST 3 HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED JUST WEST OF THE BAILEY YARDS NEAR 9097 WEST FRONT STREET. |
| Mar 18, 8:20 PM MDT | TORNADO | North Platte, NE | SPOTTER REPORTED WELL DEFINED TORNADO NEAR BAILEY YARD IN NORTH PLATTE. |
| Mar 18, 8:22 PM MDT | TORNADO | 1 N North Platte, NE | SPOTTER REPORTED THAT TORNADO HAS ROPED OUT BUT WELL DEFINED WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL CLOUD STILL EXISTS JUST NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. |
| Mar 18, 8:22 PM MDT | TORNADO | North Platte, NE | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO AT BUFFALO AND NORTH RIVER ROAD IN NORTH PLATTE. |
| Mar 18, 8:28 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N North Platte, NE | SPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE MOVING NORTH |
| Mar 18, 8:30 PM MDT | HAIL 0.5 | North Platte, NE | |
| Mar 18, 8:30 PM MDT | TORNADO | 10 N North Platte, NE | TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH A CYCLIC LIFTING OF THE FUNNEL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
771 WWUS83 KLBF 172055 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 355 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER CONTINUE AND SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO THEDFORD TO MCCOOK WILL BE THE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. SUNDAY WILL BE WINDY AND CONTINUED WARM. WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL BE STRONG...BLOWING AS STRONG AS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. AGAIN...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE OBSERVED...WITH THE LOWEST VALUES EXPECTED IN AREAS WEST OF AN AINSWORTH TO NORTH PLATTE TO CURTIS LINE. EAST OF THIS LINE...DEWPOINTS WILL BE HIGHER...LEADING TO A LESSER THREAT FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. HOWEVER...WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS...EVEN HIGHER MOISTURE AIR COULD LEAD TO QUICK SPREADING OF FIRES. NEZ204-206-208-210-219-180500- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0012.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120318T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 355 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 /255 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA WEST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO BRADY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO NORTH PLATTE TO CURTIS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...THROUGH THIS EVENING...SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. ON SUNDAY...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE AND WINDS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN FOR SUNDAY...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE MORNING AND STAY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND STAY LOW THROUGH EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS SUNDAY...UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD 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. && $$ NEZ209-180500- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0011.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 355 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO ARNOLD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND STAY STRONG THROUGH EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM VALUES EXPECTED AROUND MID AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
7 follow-up statements
300 WWUS83 KLBF 180100 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 800 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .SUNDAY WILL BE VERY WINDY AND CONTINUED WARM. WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL BE STRONG...BLOWING AS STRONG AS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. AGAIN...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE OBSERVED...WITH THE LOWEST VALUES EXPECTED IN AREAS WEST OF AN AINSWORTH TO NORTH PLATTE TO CURTIS LINE. EAST OF THIS LINE...DEWPOINTS WILL BE HIGHER...LEADING TO A LESSER THREAT FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. HOWEVER...WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS...EVEN HIGHER MOISTURE AIR COULD LEAD TO QUICK SPREADING OF FIRES. NEZ204-206-208-210-219-180900- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120318T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0012.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 800 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 /700 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA WEST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO BRADY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA WEST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO BRADY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE AND WINDS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN FOR SUNDAY...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE MORNING AND STAY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND STAY LOW THROUGH EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD 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. && $$ NEZ209-180900- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0011.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 800 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO ARNOLD... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND STAY STRONG THROUGH EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM VALUES EXPECTED AROUND MID AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 70S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
843 WWUS83 KLBF 180102 AAB RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 802 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .SUNDAY WILL BE VERY WINDY AND CONTINUED WARM. WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL BE STRONG...BLOWING AS STRONG AS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. AGAIN...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE OBSERVED...WITH THE LOWEST VALUES EXPECTED IN AREAS WEST OF AN AINSWORTH TO NORTH PLATTE TO CURTIS LINE. EAST OF THIS LINE...DEWPOINTS WILL BE HIGHER...LEADING TO A LESSER THREAT FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. HOWEVER...WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS...EVEN HIGHER MOISTURE AIR COULD LEAD TO QUICK SPREADING OF FIRES. NEZ204-206-208-210-219-180900- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0012.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 802 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 /702 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA WEST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO BRADY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE AND WINDS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN FOR SUNDAY...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE MORNING AND STAY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND STAY LOW THROUGH EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 70. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD 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. && $$ NEZ209-180900- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0011.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 802 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO ARNOLD... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND STAY STRONG THROUGH EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM VALUES EXPECTED AROUND MID AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 70S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
924 WWUS83 KLBF 180924 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 424 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH DRY VEGETATION AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM IMPERIAL TO VALENTINE TO O'NEILL TO NORTH PLATTE. NEZ209-181730- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0011.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KLBF.FW.W.0012.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 424 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM BROKEN BOW TO O'NEILL... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND STAY STRONG THROUGH EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM VALUES EXPECTED AROUND MID AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD 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. && $$ NEZ204-206-208-210-219-181730- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0012.120318T1700Z-120319T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 424 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 /324 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE MORNING AND STAY STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND STAY LOW THROUGH EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
267 WWUS83 KLBF 181727 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1227 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TODAY ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BY MID AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH DRY VEGETATION AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT WILL BE WEST OF AN IMPERIAL TO VALENTINE LINE...LEADING TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. GOING EAST...HUMIDITIES WILL BE 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...CONDITIONS WILL BE CRITICAL FOR FIRE GROWTH. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-190100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1227 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 /1127 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM BROKEN BOW TO O'NEILL... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND STAY STRONG THROUGH EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH MINIMUM VALUES EXPECTED AT MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
219 WWUS83 KLBF 182015 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 315 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING AND WHEN COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY VEGETATION...CRITICAL TO EXTREME CONDITIONS FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL CONTINUE. THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT WILL BE WEST OF AN IMPERIAL TO VALENTINE LINE...LEADING TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. GOING EAST...HUMIDITIES WILL BE 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...CONDITIONS WILL BE CRITICAL FOR FIRE GROWTH. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS EVENING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE...ALLOWING IMPROVEMENT IN THE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. HOWEVER STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-190100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 315 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 /215 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STAY STRONG THROUGH EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL STAY LOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 80S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
491 WWUS83 KLBF 182340 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 640 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...VERY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING... .STRONG DRY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD MOVE THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA AROUND MIDNIGHT. FIRE DANGER WILL DECREASE BEHIND THE FRONT AS COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. NEZ206-208-209-219-190045- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120319T0100Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 640 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 /540 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED TO 40 PERCENT OR GREATER REDUCING FIRE DANGER BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. $$ NEZ204-210-190600- /O.EXT.KLBF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120319T0600Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 640 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 /540 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STAY STRONG THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL STAY BELOW 15 PERCENT AS A DRY SURGE OF AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH AHEAD OF A PACIFIC COLD FRONT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
649 WWUS83 KLBF 190424 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1124 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER HAS ENDED... .MOISTURE HAS WORKED WEST INTO THE WARNED AREA ENDING THE FIRE DANGER. NEZ204-210-190530- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120319T0600Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 1124 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 /1024 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND FRENCHMAN BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. MOISTURE HAS WORKED WEST INTO THE WARNED AREA ENDING THE FIRE DANGER. HUMIDITY HAS RISEN TO BETWEEN 25 AND 70 PERCENT. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:49 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Deuel and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:11 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 16 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:55 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Custer, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Wheeler | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.