Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Apr 1, 2015, 2:55 AM MDT for 10 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 1, 2015, 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
- Apr 1, 2015, 2:55 AM MDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2015, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Loup County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 3975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
361 WWUS83 KLBF 010855 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 355 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...A RISK OF FIRE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON... .THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A DRY LINE THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING. NEZ209-210-219-012300- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0013.150401T1800Z-150402T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 355 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE LOUP RIVERS AND FRENCHMAN BASINS AND FOR THE LOESS PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A RISK OF DRY LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON MDT (1 PM CDT) UNTIL THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY START FIRES IN THE EXTREMELY DRY CURED GRASSES. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF SUDDEN CHANGES IN WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. AS A RESULT...THE FIRE FRONT MOVEMENT WILL BE UNPREDICATABLE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
3 follow-up statements
939 WWUS83 KLBF 011558 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1058 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...A RISK OF FIRE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON... .THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS LINE THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING. NEZ209-210-219-020300- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0013.150401T1800Z-150402T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1058 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE LOUP RIVERS AND FRENCHMAN BASINS AND FOR THE LOESS PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A RISK OF DRY LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON MDT (1 PM CDT) UNTIL THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY START FIRES IN THE EXTREMELY DRY CURED GRASSES. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF SUDDEN CHANGES IN WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. AS A RESULT...THE FIRE FRONT MOVEMENT WILL BE UNPREDICATABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
147 WWUS83 KLBF 011632 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1132 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...CRITICAL WILDFIRE DANGER IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON... .THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING. NEZ209-210-219-020300- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0013.150401T1800Z-150402T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1132 AM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE LOUP RIVERS AND FRENCHMAN BASINS AND FOR THE LOESS PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A RISK OF DRY LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON MDT (1 PM CDT) UNTIL THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY START FIRES IN THE EXTREMELY DRY CURED GRASSES. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF SUDDEN CHANGES IN WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. AS A RESULT...THE FIRE FRONT MOVEMENT WILL BE UNPREDICTABLE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
702 WWUS83 KLBF 020309 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1009 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... NEZ209-210-219-020415- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150402T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1009 PM CDT WED APR 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... CONDITIONS HAD IMPROVED AND THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 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.