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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE

March 16, 201426 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2014, 2:36 PM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
Mar 16, 2014, 2:36 PM MDT (20:36 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 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 20:39 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, 8.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

880 
WWUS83 KLBF 162036
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
336 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

.SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH ANOMALOUSLY
WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
AROUND OR LESS THAN 15 PERCENT TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH.

NEZ204-206-209-210-219-171045-
/O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0004.140317T1800Z-140318T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0007.140317T1800Z-140318T0300Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/
SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-
FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
336 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 /236 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 10 PM
CDT /9 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 
ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

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 CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ MONDAY.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* 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 209 LOUP RIVERS 
  BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST
  NEBRASKA AND AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH
  CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE STARTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT 
  OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 

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.

&&

$$

NEZ208-171045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0007.140317T1800Z-140318T0300Z/
NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-
236 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH 
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA 
  VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE STARTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT 
  OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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
4 follow-up statements
976 
WWUS83 KLBF 170145
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
845 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

.SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH UNSEASONABLY
WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
AROUND OR LESS THAN 15 PERCENT TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH.

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-171545-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0007.140317T1800Z-140318T0300Z/
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-
845 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 /745 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO
10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS 
  BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

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

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE STARTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT 
  OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 

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
307 
WWUS83 KLBF 171001
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
501 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
EVENING...

.SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH UNSEASONABLY
WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME
FIRE GROWTH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY WEST OF VALENTINE THROUGH 
OGALLALA...WHICH COULD ALSO IGNITE A FIRE. 

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-180015-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0007.140317T1800Z-140318T0300Z/
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-
501 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 /401 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/
THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS 
  BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR 9 PERCENT IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA TO
  NEAR 15 PERCENT NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE STARTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT 
  OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 

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
727 
WWUS83 KLBF 171750 AAA
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1250 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING...

.DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF HIGH CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15
PERCENT OR LOWER TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE
GROWTH. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY WEST OF VALENTINE THROUGH
OGALLALA. IF STORMS DEVELOP...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND
VERY LITTLE RAINFALL WOULD BE EXPECTED.

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-180300-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0007.140317T1800Z-140318T0300Z/
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-
1250 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 /1150 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS 
  BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE STARTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT 
  OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. 

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
972 
WWUS83 KLBF 180259
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
959 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014

...THE FIRE DANGER HAS DIMINISHED...


NEZ204-206-208>210-219-180400-
/O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140318T0300Z/
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-
959 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 /859 PM MDT MON MAR 17 2014/

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

WIND HAS DIMINISHED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED...SO
CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TONIGHT. 

$$

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.