Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 29, 2012, 10:14 PM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 30, 2012, 12:00 PM 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 29, 2012, 10:14 PM MDT (04:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 6:45 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 04:15 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, 4.2 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
- 2242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
316 WWUS83 KLBF 300414 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1114 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY FRIDAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 FROM VALENTINE TO NORTH PLATTE... .HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 DEGREES...COUPLED WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ON FRIDAY. NEZ204-210-301700- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0013.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0016.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 1114 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 /1014 PM MDT THU MAR 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. ANY FIRES WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY AND COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. 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. && $$ NEZ206-208-301700- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0016.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 1114 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 /1014 PM MDT THU MAR 29 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 206 AND 208...IN PARTICULAR...AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 FROM NORTH PLATTE TO VALENTINE. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. ANY FIRES WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY AND COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
4 follow-up statements
097 WWUS83 KLBF 300831 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 331 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY TODAY OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA... .LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND WILL COMBINE WITH CURED GRASS TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEZ204-206-208-210-302130- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0016.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 331 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /231 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 PERCENT OR LOWER. * IMPACTS...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. ANY FIRES WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY AND COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
558 WWUS83 KLBF 301747 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1247 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS UP T0 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH CURED GRASS TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NEZ209-219-310200- /O.EXA.KLBF.FW.W.0016.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1247 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. ANY FIRES WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY AND COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NEZ204-206-208-210-310200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0016.120330T1800Z-120331T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 1247 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /1147 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. ANY FIRES WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY AND COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
984 WWUS83 KLBF 302105 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 405 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH SUNSET...THEN BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE. HOWEVER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN VERY LOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING...KEEPING CONDITIONS CRITICAL FOR FIRE BEHAVIOR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-310200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120331T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 405 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /305 PM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. ANY FIRES WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY AND COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
593 WWUS83 KLBF 310045 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 745 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 NEZ204-206-208>210-219-310145- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120331T0200Z/ 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- 745 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /645 PM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO AROUND 10 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RECOVERED TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT OVERNIGHT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERING TO 60 TO 80 PERCENT BY SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. NEAR CRITICAL MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH EXPECTED. $$ BUTTLER
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.