Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 35, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Aug 28, 2012, 2:21 AM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Aug 28, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Aug 28, 2012, 2:21 AM MDT (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2012, 7:58 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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 08:24 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 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 3439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
557 WWUS83 KLBF 280821 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 321 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY AND WEDNESDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND... .ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE 100 DEGREE MARK COMBINED WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BRING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DROUGHT RAVAGED WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. DRY LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER SHERIDAN AND WESTERN CHERRY COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-290300- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0019.120829T1800Z-120830T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0036.120829T1800Z-120830T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0035.120828T1700Z-120829T0200Z/ 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- 321 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 /221 AM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND 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 FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE START. 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
674 WWUS83 KLBF 281422 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 922 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY AND WEDNESDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND... .ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE 100 DEGREE MARK COMBINED WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BRING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DROUGHT RAVAGED WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. DRY LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER SHERIDAN AND WESTERN CHERRY COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-290200- /O.EXT.KLBF.FW.W.0036.120829T1700Z-120830T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0035.120828T1700Z-120829T0200Z/ 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- 922 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 /822 AM MDT TUE AUG 28 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 AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF 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 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE START. 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
193 WWUS83 KLBF 282037 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 337 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND... .ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE 100 DEGREE MARK COMBINED WITH STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW THE REST OF TODAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BRING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DROUGHT RAVAGED WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. DRY LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-290915- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0020.120830T1700Z-120831T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120829T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0036.120829T1700Z-120830T0200Z/ 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- 337 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 /237 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 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 AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FAR NORTHWEST NEBRASKA... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * 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 TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE START. 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. 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
196 WWUS83 KLBF 290158 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 858 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 ...CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINS VERY LOW THIS EVENING BUT WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW THE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THRESHOLD. TEMPERATURES NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WEDNESDAY WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ONCE AGAIN. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-290900- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120829T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0036.120829T1700Z-120830T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0020.120830T1700Z-120831T0200Z/ 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- 858 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 /758 PM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FAR NORTHWEST NEBRASKA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FAR NORTHWEST NEBRASKA... 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 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE START. 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. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2:21 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 44 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:37 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 24 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.