Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 10, 2012, 3:30 AM CST for 20 counties in Nebraska; Harrison County, Monona County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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 10, 2012, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
All 22 counties
Harrison County, IA, Monona County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Saline County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 3748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
777 WWUS83 KOAX 100930 RFWOAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 330 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES... WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. IAZ043-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>044-101800- /O.UPG.KOAX.FW.A.0001.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.FW.W.0002.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ MONONA-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE- 330 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012... 015...016...017...018...030...031...032...033...034...042...043... 043 AND 044... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MONONA...KNOX...CEDAR...THURSTON...ANTELOPE...PIERCE...WAYNE... BOONE...MADISON...STANTON...CUMING...BURT...PLATTE...COLFAX AND DODGE. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NEZ050-051-101800- /O.NEW.KOAX.FW.W.0002.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ BUTLER-SAUNDERS- 330 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 050 AND 051... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE THE COUNTIES OF BUTLER AND SAUNDERS. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
571 WWUS83 KOAX 101647 RFWOAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1047 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES... WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. IAZ055-NEZ045-065-066-078-110000- /O.EXA.KOAX.FW.W.0002.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ HARRISON-WASHINGTON-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE- 1047 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...055...065...066 AND 078... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 045...055...065... 066 AND 078. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IAZ043-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>044-050-051-110000- /O.CON.KOAX.FW.W.0002.120310T1800Z-120311T0000Z/ MONONA-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- 1047 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012...015...016...017...018...030...031...032...033... 034...042...043...044...050 AND 051... * AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012...015... 016...017...018...030...031...032...033...034...042...043... 044...050 AND 051. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOBERT
949 WWUS83 KOAX 102352 RFWOAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 552 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS EASING... .WINDS WILL DECREASE AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...AND THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IAZ043-055-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050-051-065-066-078- 110100- /O.EXP.KOAX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120311T0000Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE- MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE- 552 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 011...012...015...016... 017...018...030...031...032...033...034...042...043...043...044... 045...050...051...055...065...066 AND 078... WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WHILE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ MAYES
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.