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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Jan 19, 2014, 11:12 AM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 5 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
- Jan 19, 2014, 11:12 AM MST (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2014, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 5 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 18:12 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 12:00Z, 6.2 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
- 2697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
241 WWUS83 KLBF 191812 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1212 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... .ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY ALONG WITH VERY DRY AIR WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO DROP TO 15 PERCENT OR LOWER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WHICH WILL INCREASE THE DANGER OF QUICK FIRE SPREAD. NEZ210-219-192300- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0002.140119T1812Z-140119T2300Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1212 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS... 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 THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS...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 BROOKS
2 follow-up statements
067 WWUS83 KLBF 191946 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 146 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... .LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE CONDITIONS TO BE CRITICAL FOR RAPID FIRE BEHAVIOR. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE OBSERVED. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL. NEZ204-206-208-209-192300- /O.EXA.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T2300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 146 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 /1246 PM MST SUN JAN 19 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALLIANCE TO AINSWORTH... 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 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS...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. && $$ NEZ210-219-192300- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T2300Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 146 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS...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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
786 WWUS83 KLBF 192304 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 504 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 NEZ204-206-208>210-219-200015- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T2300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 504 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 /404 PM MST SUN JAN 19 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAVE FALLEN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 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.