Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 24, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Jun 26, 2012, 4:18 AM CDT for 20 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 26, 2012, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2488 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
735 WWUS83 KLBF 260918 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 418 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... .DRY AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES... RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS FOR MOST AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 183. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE BREEZY OVER WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERLAP AND CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF ZONE 208...AND ACROSS ZONES 206...210 ...219 AND PORTIONS OF 209 THROUGH 8 PM CDT. NEZ206-208-210-219-261730- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0017.120626T1700Z-120627T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0024.120626T1700Z-120627T0300Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 418 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 /318 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 206..208..210...AND 219... 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/ TODAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START WOULD HAVE A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. 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. && $$ NEZ209-261730- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0024.120626T1700Z-120627T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 418 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 209... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START WOULD HAVE A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
3 follow-up statements
024 WWUS83 KLBF 261644 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1144 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... .DRY AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA...AND WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS FOR MOST AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 183. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE BREEZY OVER WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERLAP AND CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF ZONE 208...AND ACROSS ZONES 206... 210 ...219 AND PORTIONS OF 209 THROUGH 8 PM CDT. NEZ206-208>210-219-270300- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0024.120626T1700Z-120627T0300Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1144 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 /1044 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 209... * 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START WOULD HAVE A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
724 WWUS83 KLBF 262108 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 408 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING... .RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100 DEGREES HAVE COMBINED WITH DRY AIR TO BRING RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS...WHILE SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING TO KEEP CONDITIONS CRITICAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. LOCATIONS TO SEE THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN PARTS OF ZONE 208...AND ACROSS ZONES 206... 210 ...219 AND PORTIONS OF 209. NEZ206-208>210-219-270300- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120627T0300Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 408 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 /308 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START WOULD HAVE A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
698 WWUS83 KLBF 270321 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1021 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 NEZ206-208>210-219-270430- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120627T0300Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1021 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 /921 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAD INCREASED TO ABOVE 15 PERCENT AND WIND BECAME LIGHT.. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 58 min |
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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.