Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 9, 2012, 2:40 AM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 9, 2012, 11:00 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 9, 2012, 2:40 AM MST (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2012, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 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 09:37 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, 9.7 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
- 3389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
041 WWUS83 KLBF 090940 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 340 AM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .VERY DRY AIR IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-091745- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0004.120309T1800Z-120310T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0006.120309T1800Z-120310T0100Z/ 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- 340 AM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 /240 AM MST FRI MAR 9 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 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 NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ 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 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 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 WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
2 follow-up statements
819 WWUS83 KLBF 092200 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 400 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .VERY DRY AIR IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND. DRY AIR AND STRONG SOUTH WINDS COULD REDEVELOP SATURDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF NEBRASKA HIGHWAY 2. NEZ204-206-208-209-100100- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0005.120310T1700Z-120311T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120310T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 400 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 /300 PM MST FRI MAR 9 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF NEBRASKA HIGHWAY 2... 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. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 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 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 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 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 WIND...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. && $$ NEZ210-219-100100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120310T0100Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 400 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST 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 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 AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 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 WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
131 WWUS83 KLBF 100108 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 708 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .VERY DRY AIR IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND. DRY AIR AND STRONG SOUTH WINDS COULD REDEVELOP SATURDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF NEBRASKA HIGHWAY 2. NEZ204-206-208-209-100915- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120310T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0005.120310T1700Z-120311T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 708 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 /608 PM MST FRI MAR 9 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 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. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 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 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 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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 WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && 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. && $$ NEZ210-219-100215- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120310T0100Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 708 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS INCREASING AND WINDS DECREASING...SO THE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:00 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer and 16 more | 12 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.