Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Apr 4, 2013, 6:21 PM MDT for 21 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 5, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
- Apr 4, 2013, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 21 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden 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, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 2391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
500 WWUS83 KLBF 050021 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 721 PM CDT THU APR 4 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL DRAW VERY DRY AIR EAST OFF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA. WEST WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY AFTERNOON...AND THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR...WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND THE WESTERN SANDHILLS. NEZ204-210-060100- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0001.130405T1800Z-130406T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0002.130405T1800Z-130406T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 721 PM CDT THU APR 4 2013 /621 PM MDT THU APR 4 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE GROWTH COULD OCCUR WITH ANY WILDFIRE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE THE DANGER OF WILDFIRES. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA LATE FRIDAY EVENING WOULD CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BECOME ERRATIC. 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
930 WWUS83 KLBF 050925 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 425 AM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL DRAW VERY DRY AIR EAST OFF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY AFTERNOON...AND THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR...WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND THE WESTERN SANDHILLS. NEZ204-210-052100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.130405T1800Z-130406T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 425 AM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 /325 AM MDT FRI APR 5 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR AROUND 5 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE GROWTH COULD OCCUR WITH ANY WILDFIRE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE THE DANGER OF WILDFIRES. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING WOULD CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BECOME ERRATIC. 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
306 WWUS83 KLBF 051753 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1253 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL DRAW VERY DRY AIR EAST OFF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY AFTERNOON...AND THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR...WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND THE WESTERN SANDHILLS. NEZ204-210-060100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.130405T1800Z-130406T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 1253 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 /1153 AM MDT FRI APR 5 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR AROUND 5 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 70. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE GROWTH COULD OCCUR WITH ANY WILDFIRE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE THE DANGER OF WILDFIRES. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING WOULD CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BECOME ERRATIC. 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
892 WWUS83 KLBF 051843 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 143 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL DRAW VERY DRY AIR EAST OFF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...BY AFTERNOON...AND THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR...WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...NIOBRARA RIVER BASIN AND MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS. NEZ206-208-060100- /O.EXA.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130406T0100Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 143 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 /1243 PM MDT FRI APR 5 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE NIOBRARA VALLEY /ZONE 208/ AND THE CENTRAL SAND HILLS /ZONE 206/ FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR AROUND 5 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 70S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE GROWTH COULD OCCUR WITH ANY WILDFIRE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE THE DANGER OF WILDFIRES. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING WOULD CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BECOME ERRATIC. 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. && $$ NEZ204-210-060100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130406T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 143 PM CDT FRI APR 5 2013 /1243 PM MDT FRI APR 5 2013/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR AROUND 5 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 70S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE GROWTH COULD OCCUR WITH ANY WILDFIRE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE THE DANGER OF WILDFIRES. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING WOULD CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BECOME ERRATIC. 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
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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.