Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 41, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Sep 8, 2012, 3:55 AM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 8, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Sep 8, 2012, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 8:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Loup County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
456 WWUS83 KLBF 080855 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 355 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .HIGH PRESSURE ON THE HIGH PLAINS WILL BRING WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WIND IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER. NEZ209-081700- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0041.120908T1800Z-120909T0200Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 355 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOUP RIVER BASIN IN 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 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...FIRES WILL START EASILY AND...IF STARTED...WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
2 follow-up statements
460 WWUS83 KLBF 082137 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 437 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE ON THE HIGH PLAINS WILL BRING WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WIND IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER. NEZ209-090200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120909T0200Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 437 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOUP RIVER BASIN IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...FIRES WILL START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NEZ204-210-090545- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0025.120909T1700Z-120910T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 437 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 /337 PM MDT SAT SEP 8 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE 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 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...FIRES WILL START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
788 WWUS83 KLBF 090122 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 822 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NEZ209-090230- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120909T0200Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 822 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOUP RIVER BASIN IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RECOVERED TO 30 TO 40 PERCENT...AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO UNDER 10 MPH...SO THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER HAS ENDED. NEAR CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. $$ NEZ204-210-090930- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0025.120909T1700Z-120910T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 822 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 /722 PM MDT SAT SEP 8 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE 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 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...FIRES WILL START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 4:37 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant and 5 more | 11 hr |
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.