Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 46, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Sep 16, 2012, 2:23 AM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 16, 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 16, 2012, 2:23 AM MDT (08:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 08:27 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
- 3725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
015 WWUS83 KLBF 160823 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 323 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR FIRE ZONES 204...206...208...209 AND 219... .A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY. EAST OF THE FRONT...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP ARE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. NEZ206-208-209-219-162100- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0028.120916T1800Z-120917T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0046.120916T1800Z-120917T0200Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 323 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 /223 AM MDT SUN SEP 16 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING 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 MOST 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 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SAND HILLS/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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH DEVELOP...HAVE A 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. && $$ NEZ204-162100- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0046.120916T1800Z-120917T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 223 AM MDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA ' PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SAND HILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR/WESTERN SAND HILLS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...THROUGH 3 PM MDT...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER 3 PM MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH DEVELOP...HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
3 follow-up statements
680 WWUS83 KLBF 161810 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 110 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .DRY AIR AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE BREEZY...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP ARE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. NEZ210-170200- /O.EXA.KLBF.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120917T0200Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN- 110 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE FRENCHMAN BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRENCHMAN BASIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 80S. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH DEVELOP...HAVE A 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. && $$ NEZ204-206-208-209-219-170200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120917T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 110 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 /1210 PM MDT SUN SEP 16 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH DEVELOP...HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
358 WWUS83 KLBF 162046 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 346 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S HAVE COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 20S AND 30S TO DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW HUMIDITY...WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH...IN ADDITION TO THE DRY FUELS HAVE LED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DANGER FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BUT WILL IMPROVE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND HUMIDITY INCREASES. IN THE MEANTIME...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP ARE CAPABLE OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-170200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120917T0200Z/ 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- 346 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 /246 PM MDT SUN SEP 16 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY MOST 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...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...WITH DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES WHICH DEVELOP HAVE A 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
702 WWUS83 KLBF 170212 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 912 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 NEZ204-206-208>210-219-170315- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120917T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 912 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012 /812 PM MDT SUN SEP 16 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THROUGH THE AREA. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND CRITICAL FIRE DANGER HAS ENDED. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
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.