Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 38, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Aug 31, 2012, 2:44 AM MDT for 22 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Aug 31, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 37 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 31, 2012, 2:44 AM MDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 31, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 22 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden 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, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 6245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
976 WWUS83 KLBF 310844 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 344 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .STRONG SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH HEAT...COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE FOR AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. NEZ204-206-208-210-219-312100- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0021.120831T1500Z-120901T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0038.120831T1500Z-120901T0400Z/ 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- 344 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 /244 AM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 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 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
7 follow-up statements
152 WWUS83 KLBF 311612 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1112 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THROUGH THIS EVENING... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE UPPER 90S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 30S AND LOW 40S. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY FROM THE SOUTH AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND THE VERY DRY FUELS...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE CRITICAL FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE FOR AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. NEZ204-206-208-210-219-010015- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120901T0400Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1112 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 /1012 AM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
039 WWUS83 KLBF 312016 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 316 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND ON SATURDAY FOR GARDEN...DEUEL...WESTERN CHERRY...GRANT ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES. CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY FOR THE PINE RIDGE AND SHERIDAN COUNTY... .GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE PINE RIDGE OF SHERIDAN COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...LOOK FOR WINDS TO DIMINISH TO UNDER 15 MPH AFTER MID EVENING. ON SATURDAY...SOUTHERLY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND WESTERN SANDHILLS. CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ON SATURDAY. NEZ204-010400- /O.EXT.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120902T0400Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 216 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE START. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL RELAX ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...HOWEVER EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH REMAINS LIKELY IN THE PINE RIDGE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ NEZ206-208-210-010400- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0022.120901T1600Z-120902T0400Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120901T0400Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 316 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 /216 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...AS WELL AS LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM MERRIMAN TO IMPERIAL AND WEST OF A LINE FROM VALENTINE NORTH PLATTE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ219-010400- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120901T0400Z/ LOESS PLAINS- 316 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 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
489 WWUS83 KLBF 010212 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 912 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...CRITICAL OR NEAR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY FOR SHERIDAN...GARDEN...DEUEL...WESTERN CHERRY...GRANT...ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES. .OVERNIGHT GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE PINE RIDGE OF SHERIDAN COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO NEAR 15 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. BY SATURDAY MORNING...SOUTHERLY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND WESTERN SANDHILLS. ACROSS THE EASTERN SANDHILLS INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN ACROSS THE AREAS TO THE WEST. NEZ206-208-210-011400- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120901T0400Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0022.120901T1600Z-120902T0400Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 912 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 /812 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN SANDHILLS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRIDAY EVENING. * 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ219-010315- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120901T0400Z/ LOESS PLAINS- 912 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED WELL BELOW 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RECOVERED TO OVER 20 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY EVENING. $$ NEZ204-011400- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120902T0400Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 812 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN SANDHILLS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE START. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL RELAX ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH REMAINS LIKELY IN THE PINE RIDGE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
929 WWUS83 KLBF 010841 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 341 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA WHICH INCLUDES ZONES 204...206...208 AND 210. .SOUTH WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ZONE 204. REMAINING FIRE ZONES CAN EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. NEZ206-208-210-011645- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0022.120901T1600Z-120902T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KLBF.FW.W.0038.120901T1600Z-120902T0400Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 341 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 /241 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CDT /10 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 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. && $$ NEZ204-011645- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120902T0400Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 241 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN SANDHILLS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE WITH EXISTING FIRES AND ANY NEW FIRE START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
064 WWUS83 KLBF 011603 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1103 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... .TEMPERATURES HEATING INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 30S AND 40S WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE DANGER. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND FAR WESTERN NEBRASKA...WHILE AREAS TO THE EAST CAN EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. NEZ204-206-208-210-020015- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120902T0400Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 1103 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 /1003 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * 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...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 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 BROOKS
387 WWUS83 KLBF 012057 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 357 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...WESTERN NEBRASKA UNDER CRITICAL FIRE DANGER INTO THIS EVENING... .THE BREEZY WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL KEEP FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CRITICAL THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ROSE INTO THE UPPER 90S AND LOW 100S HAVE COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 30S TO DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY DOWN TO THE 7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE IN LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM HAYES CENTER TO AINSWORTH. ALTHOUGH THE HUMIDITY WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL...IT WILL BE A SLOW RISE WITH VERY LOW VALUES CONTINUING UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL ALSO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ204-206-208-210-020400- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120902T0400Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 357 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 /257 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * 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...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 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
834 WWUS83 KLBF 020415 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1115 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 NEZ204-206-208-210-020515- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120902T0400Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 1115 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 /1015 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAD INCREASED AND WAS 20 PERCENT OR HIGHER MOST AREAS. LOCALIZED LOWER VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT CONTINUED IN THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF THE SANDHILLS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE WEST OF OGALLALA AND SOUTH OF CRESCENT LAKE REFUGE. FUEL CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO BE VERY DRY AND COULD IGNITE EASILY. $$ 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 31, 2:16 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Hayes and 9 more | 12 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.