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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Jan 16, 2014, 12:24 PM MST for 12 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2014, 12:24 PM MST (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2014, 3:57 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 12:43 PM MST | DUST STORM | 8 W Curtis, NE | HIGH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING DUST. VISIBILITY REPORTED AS NEAR ZERO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
885 WWUS83 KLBF 161924 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 124 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL OR NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ204-210-219-162300- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0001.140116T1924Z-140116T2300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 124 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 /1224 PM MST THU JAN 16 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS...VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRES THAT MAY START TO GET OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY. 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 CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
2 follow-up statements
505 WWUS83 KLBF 162139 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 339 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LINGER THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... .VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL OR NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. NEZ204-210-219-162300- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140116T2300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 339 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 /239 PM MST THU JAN 16 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN PART OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS...VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRES THAT MAY START TO GET OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
185 WWUS83 KLBF 162257 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 457 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 NEZ204-210-219-170000- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140116T2300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 457 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 /357 PM MST THU JAN 16 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...FRENCHMAN BASIN AND THE LOESS PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. TEMPERATURES AND WIND SPEEDS ARE DECREASING CAUSING AN INCREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DECREASED FIRE DANGER. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...FRENCHMAN BASIN AND THE LOESS PLAINS. $$ 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.