Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2015, 3:11 AM MDT for 18 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 14, 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 14, 2015, 3:11 AM MDT (09:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2015, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2015, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 2847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
573 WWUS83 KLBF 140911 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 411 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY... .A SURGE OF VERY DRY AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF NEW MEXICO SATURDAY NIGHT AND ARRIVE IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SUNDAY. THIS DRY AIR WILL COINCIDE WITH VERY WARM AIR MOVING IN FROM WYOMING. THE THREAT OF CRITICAL FIRE DANGER APPEARS LIKELY. REASONABLY STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. NEZ204-206-208-142100- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0004.150314T1700Z-150315T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 411 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 /311 AM MDT SAT MAR 14 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING 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 LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW...TO DUNNING...TO OGALLALA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING 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 CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * 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. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER TODAY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW...TO DUNNING...TO OGALLALA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$ NEZ209-210-219-142100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 411 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
4 follow-up statements
346 WWUS83 KLBF 141523 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1023 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY... .BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...DRY AIR AND CURED FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. ANY FIRES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD. FOR SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO WARM TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...DROPPING RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THEREFORE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER AGAIN APPEARS LIKELY FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ204-206-208-150530- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0004.150314T1700Z-150315T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 1023 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 /923 AM MDT SAT MAR 14 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW...TO DUNNING...TO OGALLALA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$ NEZ209-210-219-150530- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 1023 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
152 WWUS83 KLBF 142030 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 330 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE... WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS ON SUNDAY... .BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS...DRY AIR AND CURED FUELS WILL KEEP FIRE DANGER CRITICAL ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. ANY FIRES IN THESE AREAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD. FOR SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...AND WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER...WITH EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE. NEZ206-151030- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0005.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150315T0100Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- 330 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW...TO DUNNING...TO OGALLALA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ... 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 10 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$ NEZ209-210-219-151030- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0005.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 330 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM GRANT TO THEDFORD TO ONEILL... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NEZ204-208-151030- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150315T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 230 PM MDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW...TO DUNNING...TO OGALLALA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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
765 WWUS83 KLBF 142036 CCA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 336 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ON SUNDAY... .BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS...DRY AIR AND CURED FUELS WILL KEEP FIRE DANGER CRITICAL ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. ANY FIRES IN THESE AREAS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD. FOR SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...AND WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER...WITH EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE. NEZ206-151045- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0005.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150315T0100Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- 336 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW...TO DUNNING...TO OGALLALA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ... 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 10 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$ NEZ209-210-219-151045- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0005.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 336 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM GRANT TO THEDFORD TO ONEILL... 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 10 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...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 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$ NEZ204-208-151045- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150315T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 236 PM MDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW...TO DUNNING...TO OGALLALA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
774 WWUS83 KLBF 150058 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 758 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONTINUES SUNDAY IN PORTIONS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER SUNDAY... .FOR SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...AND WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY... ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER...WITH EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE. NEZ206-151500- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150315T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0005.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- 758 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANDHILLS AND NEBRASKA FOREST AREAS IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$ NEZ204-208-151500- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150315T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 658 PM MDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NEZ209-210-219-151500- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0005.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 758 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE LOUP RIVER BASIN TO 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. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 14, 2:57 AM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 2:57 AM MDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 357 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 H5 ANALYSIS TONIGHT HAS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SRN PLAINS WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING SWD TO THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO. HIGH PRESSURE WAS NOTED ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC WITH A POSITIVELY TILTED RIDGE EXTENDING INTO THE CANADIAN ROCKIES. FURTHER EAST...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED ANCHORED ACROSS THE BAHAMAS WITH LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGING EXTENDING NWD INTO THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA. CURRENT WV IMAGERY HAS A TANDEM OF CIRCULATIONS ACROSS THE OZARKS AND THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...ABUNDANT HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS WAS NOTED AND WAS HANDLED BEST TONIGHT BY THE GFS 200-300MB LAYER RH PRODUCT. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS TONIGHT. AS OF 3 AM CDT...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 31 AT OGALLALA AND VALENTINE...TO 37 AT ONEILL. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 TEMPERATURES AND WINDS...AS WELL AS FIRE CONCERNS WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MORE ABOUT THE FIRE CONCERNS IN THE FIRE WEATHER DISCUSSION SECTION BELOW. FOR TODAY...BASED ON THE GFS H300 TO H200 LAYER RH FIELD...SKIES SHOULD CLEAR OFF BY MIDDAY AS MUCH DRIER AIR PUSHES EAST FROM NORTHERN COLORADO AND WYOMING. AT THE SAME TIME...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE SOUTH EAST...MAKING IT AS FAR AS NORTHERN KANSAS BY MIDDAY. FURTHER WEST...A DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING...WILL TIGHTEN THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. RAW MET GUIDANCE...AND RAW MAV GUIDANCE TO A LESSER DEGREE...CONTINUE TO FALL SHORT ON THE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. BASED ON BUFKIT SOUNDINGS FROM ALLIANCE...VALENTINE...PINE RIDGE AND SIDNEY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH SOME FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 25 MPH LOOK PROBABLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAVE INCORPORATED HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE WINDS INTO TDYS FCST. WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON...FCST SOUNDINGS IN PARTICULAR...THE NAM MIX US OUT TO H775MB THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE GFS MIXING US OUT TO H750. AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY...WE MIXED OUT HIGHER THAN WHAT THE NAM AND GFS SOLNS WERE FORECASTING. MIXING US OUT TO H650 AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY...YIELDS HIGHS 2 TO 4 DEGREES HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAVE WARMED HIGHS INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. FOR TONIGHT...H85 WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 KTS OVER NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA LATER THIS EVENING...AND WILL SHIFT EAST INTO OUR NORTHEASTERN CWA OVERNIGHT. WITH COOLING THIS EVENING...WE WILL NOT REALIZE THE HIGHER WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE...HOWEVER DECENT SWRLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH LOOK PROBABLE OVERNIGHT OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS WILL LEAD TO WARMER LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. LIGHTER WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...WILL YIELD LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 RECORD WARMTH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WITH A THERMAL RIDGE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE PLAINS AS A PLUME OF VERY WARM AIR ALOFT /H850MB TEMPS AROUND 20C/ MOVE EAST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. RECENTLY THE GFS AND NAM MODELS HAVE BEEN PERFORMING POORLY IN REGARDS TO MIXING POTENTIAL. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MIXING DEEP ENOUGH WHEN COMPARED TO MODEL SOUNDINGS. THUS RELATIVE HUMIDITY COULD VERY WELL BE LOWER AND WIND SPEEDS HIGHER THAN MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS FOR SUNDAY. CURRENTLY AM FORECASTING MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 10 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND WIND SPEEDS IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH OR SO. THESE CONDITIONS WOULD BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA...AND WILL CONTINUE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. MODELS CONTINUE TO BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY. TIMING ON THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IS DECENT AMONG THE VARIOUS MODEL SOLUTIONS. VERY WARM AIR ALOFT WILL WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...EXPECT A SURGE IN TEMPERATURES AS THE WARMER AIR ALOFT QUICKLY MIXES TO THE SURFACE. HAVE BUMPED HIGHS UP A FEW DEGREES...AS THE COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT REALLY DOESN/T BEGIN TO ARRIVE UNTIL VERY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA...AND MONDAY EVENING FOR POINTS FARTHER SOUTH. A COOLER DAY WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF H850MB TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW 0C AND EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...SHOULD RESULT IN HIGHS REACHING THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. THIS IS CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT WILL FEEL QUITE CHILLY AFTER THE RECENT WARM SPELL. OVERALL UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CHANGE CONTINUES TO BE ADVERTISED IN THE MODELS FOR LATER IN THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE PROGRESSIVE ALOFT...WITH THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF LONG WAVE TROUGHS TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT MORE INTERESTING MAY BE THE SYSTEM ON IT/S HEELS FOR NEXT WEEKEND. BETTER MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH PERHAPS SOME BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1234 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH SATURDAY WITH ONLY HIGH CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS OVER NIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 CRITICAL AND NEAR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LOOKS PROBABLE TODAY ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. UTILIZING THE WARF SFC DEW POINT AND RAP DEW POINT FCSTS THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WERE RUNNING DRIER THAN THE MET AND MAV GUIDANCE...YIELDS WIDESPREAD RH/S OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT ACROSS ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. BASED ON DECENT MIXING UP TO H650 THIS AFTERNOON...WILL YIELD WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH DECENT GUST POTENTIAL TO 25 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WEST AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGVIEW...TO DUNNING TO OGALLALA WHERE HIGHER CONFIDENCE EXISTS IN WINDS REACHING GUSTS OF 25 MPH. EAST OF THIS LINE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST BASED ON VERY LOW RH VALUES...WITH SLOWER WIND SPEEDS IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR NEZ204-206-208>210-219. RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NEZ204-206-208. && SYNOPSIS...CLB SHORT TERM...CLB LONG TERM...TAYLOR AVIATION...POWER FIRE WEATHER...CLB
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 6:49 PM MDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 749 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2015 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-150100- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 749 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2015 /649 PM MDT FRI MAR 13 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S AGAIN ON SATURDAY...WITH HIGHS ON SUNDAY EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DRY AIR TO DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER LEVELS. ALSO...GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...AND LIKELY ON SUNDAY TO INCREASE THE DANGER OF FIRE SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) MP
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:36 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer, Frontier and 12 more | 30 hr |
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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.