Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 15, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 26, 2012, 3:01 PM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 27, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 7 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 26, 2012, 3:01 PM MDT (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 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 21:07 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, 9.0 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
576 WWUS83 KLBF 262101 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 401 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS EVENING AND THEN RETURNS TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH DRY FUEL WILL CREATE AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA. TUESDAY WINDS WILL CONTINUE BREEZY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER ALL OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. NEZ204-210-270515- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0015.120327T1700Z-120328T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120327T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 401 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 /301 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA ... 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 CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. ON TUESDAY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREMELY 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. && $$ NEZ206-208-209-219-270515- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0015.120327T1700Z-120328T0000Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 401 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 /301 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
4 follow-up statements
775 WWUS83 KLBF 270853 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 353 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON... .CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. DEEP LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN THE JET STREAM ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THESE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY FUEL WILL CREATE AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-280000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0015.120327T1700Z-120328T0000Z/ 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- 353 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /253 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 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 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. SOME DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREMELY 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
873 WWUS83 KLBF 271348 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 848 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON... .CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. DEEP LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN THE JET STREAM ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THESE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY FUEL WILL CREATE AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-272200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0015.120327T1700Z-120328T0000Z/ 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- 848 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /748 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 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 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREMELY 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
089 WWUS83 KLBF 271735 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1235 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON... .WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE CRITICAL FOR FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. DRY FUELS WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-280000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ 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- 1235 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /1135 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 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 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREMELY 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
157 WWUS83 KLBF 272128 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 428 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING... .TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S...COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE TEENS AND 20S TO DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS NORTH OF A MERRIMAN TO BARTLETT LINE SAW HIGHER HUMIDITY...BUT STRONG WINDS KEPT FIRE DANGER HIGH. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS EVENING APPROACHES...WITH THE RED FLAG WARNING EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-280000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ 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- 428 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /328 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 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 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREMELY 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:09 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:06 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Keith, McPherson and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:06 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden, Sheridan | 21 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.