Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Sep 14, 2012, 1:58 PM MDT for 22 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 15, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 14, 2012, 1:58 PM MDT (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 15, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2012, 7:42 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 22 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant 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, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 2176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
221 WWUS83 KLBF 141958 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 258 PM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR ZONES 204...206...208 AND 209... .A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. FOR ZONES 210 AND 219...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. NEZ204-206-208-209-150900- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0027.120915T1800Z-120916T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0045.120915T1800Z-120916T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 258 PM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 /158 PM MDT FRI SEP 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SATURDAY 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 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SATURDAY. 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE 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. && $$ NEZ210-219-150900- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0027.120915T1800Z-120916T0200Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 258 PM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
3 follow-up statements
047 WWUS83 KLBF 150811 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 311 AM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR ZONES 204...206...208 AND 209... ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR ZONES 206...208...209 AND 219... .A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. ON SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. EAST OF THE FRONT...OR ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83...GUSTY SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND MAY GUST UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT IS LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAY LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS SUNDAY. NEZ219-152030- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.A.0027.120915T1800Z-120916T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0028.120916T1800Z-120917T0200Z/ LOESS PLAINS- 311 AM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80... 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. 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. && $$ NEZ210-150915- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.A.0027.120915T1800Z-120916T0200Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN- 311 AM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THOUGH CRITICAL MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE UNDER 15 MPH. WITH LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE DRY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. $$ NEZ206-208-209-152030- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0028.120916T1800Z-120917T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0045.120915T1800Z-120916T0200Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 311 AM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 /211 AM MDT SAT SEP 15 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... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST 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 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 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ204-152030- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0045.120915T1800Z-120916T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 211 AM MDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
163 WWUS83 KLBF 152052 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 352 PM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS EVENING FOR ZONES 204...206...208 AND 209... ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR ZONES 206...208...209 AND 219... .A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON THROUGH TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS AND LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ON SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. EAST OF THE FRONT...OR ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83... GUSTY SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND MAY GUST UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS... MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT IS LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAY LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS SUNDAY. NEZ206-208-209-161000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120916T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0028.120916T1800Z-120917T0200Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 352 PM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 /252 PM MDT SAT SEP 15 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83... * 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 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ204-160200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120916T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 252 PM MDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NEZ219-161000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0028.120916T1800Z-120917T0200Z/ LOESS PLAINS- 352 PM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
458 WWUS83 KLBF 160142 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 842 PM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR ZONES 206...208...209 AND 219... .ON SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. EAST OF THE FRONT...OR ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83... GUSTY SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND MAY GUST UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS... MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT IS LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAY LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS SUNDAY. NEZ206-208-209-160945- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120916T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0028.120916T1800Z-120917T0200Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 842 PM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 /742 PM MDT SAT SEP 15 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ204-160245- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120916T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 742 PM MDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE IMPROVED THIS EVENING AND CRITICAL CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED TONIGHT. $$ NEZ219-160945- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0028.120916T1800Z-120917T0200Z/ LOESS PLAINS- 842 PM CDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ 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 14, 2:50 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 23 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.