Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 10, 2015, 2:12 PM MDT for 22 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 11, 2015, 11:00 AM 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 10, 2015, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2015, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2015, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 22 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant 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, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 2617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
736 WWUS83 KLBF 102012 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 312 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A SURFACE TROUGH THAT IS DEEPENING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND WYOMING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS REGION OF NEBRASKA WHICH WILL DRAW VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO RISE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. NEZ204-206-208-209-111015- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0001.150311T1700Z-150312T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0002.150311T1700Z-150312T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 312 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2015 /212 PM MDT TUE MAR 10 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80... 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 CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. 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 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
3 follow-up statements
777 WWUS83 KLBF 110804 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 304 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING SURFACE TROUGH ON THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND WYOMING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SANDHILLS REGION OF NEBRASKA WHICH WILL DRAW VERY WARM AND DRY AIR TO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO RISE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. NEZ204-206-208-209-112215- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.150311T1700Z-150312T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 304 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 /204 AM MDT WED MAR 11 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
228 WWUS83 KLBF 112041 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 341 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FOR THIS EVENING AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FOR THURSDAY... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND COMBINE WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. RECOVER OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED...WITH ANOTHER WARM AND DRY DAY RETURNING ON THURSDAY. A TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF THE TROUGH SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. ZONE 209 WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS. NEZ209-121045- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0003.150312T1800Z-150313T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150312T0100Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 341 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN... 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 TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING 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. && $$ NEZ204-206-208-120100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150312T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 341 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 /241 PM MDT WED MAR 11 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
600 WWUS83 KLBF 120118 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 818 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE ZONE 209 THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A WARM AND DRY DAY WILL RETURN THURSDAY. A TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF THE TROUGH SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. ZONE 209 WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS. NEZ209-121530- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150312T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0003.150312T1800Z-150313T0000Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 818 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING 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. && $$ NEZ204-206-208-120230- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150312T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 818 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2015 /718 PM MDT WED MAR 11 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80... CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
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.