Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Feb 18, 2014, 4:22 AM CST for Frontier County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 18, 2014, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 3 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
- Feb 18, 2014, 4:22 AM CST (10:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2014, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2014, 3:40 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Frontier County, NE, Lincoln County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 2957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
575 WWUS83 KLBF 181022 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 422 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON... .WARM DRY AIR AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL COMBINE FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ219-190000- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0004.140218T1900Z-140219T0000Z/ LOESS PLAINS- 422 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FRONTIER AND SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
2 follow-up statements
493 WWUS83 KLBF 181831 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1231 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOW 60S...ALONG WITH LOW DEWPOINTS HAS DROPPED RELATIVE HUMIDITY DOWN TO 15 PERCENT OR LOWER IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THESE DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS...GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH TO KEEP CONDITIONS CRITICAL FOR RAPID FIRE BEHAVIOR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND SPEEDS FALL. NEZ219-190000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0004.140218T1900Z-140219T0000Z/ LOESS PLAINS- 1231 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FRONTIER AND SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRES TO GET OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
166 WWUS83 KLBF 182140 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 340 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVING... .TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON WHICH HAS ALLOWED RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO INCREASE. WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS NOW ABOVE 25 PERCENT...THE THREAT FOR FIRES TO QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL HAS DIMINISHED. NEZ219-182245- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140219T0000Z/ LOESS PLAINS- 340 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FRONTIER AND SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASING TO 25 PERCENT OR HIGHER AND WINDS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF BROOKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:05 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Chase, Custer, Frontier, Garfield, Hayes and 7 more | 37 hr |
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.