Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 28, 2014, 2:47 PM MDT for 24 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 29, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 28, 2014, 2:47 PM MDT (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2014, 7:49 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 24 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine 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, 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), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
011 WWUS83 KLBF 282047 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 347 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35...WILL COMBINE WITH ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF AROUND 15 PERCENT OR LOWER TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH. NEZ204-206-209-210-219-291100- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0005.140329T1800Z-140330T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0009.140329T1800Z-140330T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 347 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 /247 PM MDT FRI MAR 28 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS REGION AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...INTO PORTIONS OF 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 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SATURDAY. 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 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START 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 MASEK
3 follow-up statements
716 WWUS83 KLBF 290854 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 354 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A SURGE OF WARM DRY AIR WILL MOVE OFF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND INTO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH. FIRE DANGER COULD BECOME CRITICAL AGAIN SUNDAY ACROSS THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS. NEZ210-219-300200- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0006.140330T1800Z-140331T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0009.140329T1800Z-140330T0200Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 354 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TODAY AND SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT TODAY AND AROUND 15 PERCENT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ204-206-209-300200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0009.140329T1800Z-140330T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 354 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 /254 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS REGION AND PORTIONS OF 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
422 WWUS83 KLBF 292106 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 406 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND WILL BE LOCALLY POSSIBLE TOMORROW... .WARM AND DRY AIR HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 AND RESULTING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH CONTINUE THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH. SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S...ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS WILL SEE LIGHT WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA MAY SEE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS. NEZ210-219-301115- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140330T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0006.140330T1800Z-140331T0200Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 406 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ204-206-209-300200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140330T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 406 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 /306 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS REGION AND PORTIONS OF 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF MASEK
152 WWUS83 KLBF 300149 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 849 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .ON SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 70S...ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS WILL SEE LIGHT WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. ZONES 210 AND 219 MAY SEE SOUTH WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS. NEZ210-219-301600- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140330T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0006.140330T1800Z-140331T0200Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 849 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRENCHMAN BASIN AND LOESS PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ204-206-209-300300- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140330T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 849 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 /749 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS REGION AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RECOVERED. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:56 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 18 more | 12 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.