Red Flag Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jan 21, 2014, 3:09 AM MST (10:09 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 21, 2014, 11:00 AM MST

Expired

Jan 21, 2014, 5:00 PM MST

In force

6 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 North Platte radar (KLNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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469 
WWUS83 KLBF 211009
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
409 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON...

.WARM DRY AIR AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE FOR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.

NEZ204-210-219-220000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0003.140121T1800Z-140122T0000Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
409 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 /309 AM MST TUE JAN 21 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO
6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND FOR
THE SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM OSHKOSH TO CURTIS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING.

* 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 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN
  AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S.

* IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
  VALUES WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRES THAT 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

298 
WWUS83 KLBF 211850
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1250 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

.WARM DRY AIR AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST
COLORADO WHERE RH VALUES WERE LESS THAN 10 PERCENT IN SOME
AREAS. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

NEZ204-210-219-220000-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0000Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
1250 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 /1150 AM MST TUE JAN 21 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WIND FOR THE SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
OSHKOSH TO CURTIS...

* 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 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S.

* IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE 
  HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRES THAT 
  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

803 
WWUS83 KLBF 220013
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
613 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

NEZ204-210-219-220115-
/O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0000Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
613 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 /513 PM MST TUE JAN 21 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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