Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2012, 7:06 PM MST for 24 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM MST. 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
- Mar 5, 2012, 7:06 PM MST (02:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 24 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine 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, 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), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 3599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626 WWUS83 KLBF 060206 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 806 PM CST MON MAR 5 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO RETURN TUESDAY... .AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S...COUPLED WITH DRY AIR AND GUSTY WINDS...WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALMOST ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ204-206-209-210-219-061015- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0003.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0005.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 806 PM CST MON MAR 5 2012 /706 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 204...206...209...210 AND 219... 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 CST /10 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. 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 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 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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 JACOBS
2 follow-up statements
262 WWUS83 KLBF 061006 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 406 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW DEWPOINTS WILL GENERATE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WITH 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTY WIND...A FIRE COULD GET OUT OF CONTROL EASILTY. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALMOST ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FOR LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NEZ204-206-209-210-219-062100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0005.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 406 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 /306 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 204...206...209...210 AND 219... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS 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 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 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY VEGETATION WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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
619 WWUS83 KLBF 070011 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 611 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS WINDING DOWN... .MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RECOVERED TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT AND WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO UNDER 15 MPH AS OF 6 PM CST (5 PM MST). BY MIDNIGHT CST (11 PM MST)...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO 40 TO 60 PERCENT. NEZ204-206-209-210-219-070115- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120307T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 611 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 /511 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 204...206...209...210 AND 219... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
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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.