Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2015, 3:36 PM CDT for 18 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 15, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 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, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 62 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
- 2005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
4 follow-up statements
774 WWUS83 KLBF 150058 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 758 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONTINUES SUNDAY IN PORTIONS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER SUNDAY... .FOR SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...AND WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY... ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER...WITH EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE. NEZ206-151500- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150315T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0005.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- 758 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANDHILLS AND NEBRASKA FOREST AREAS IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ 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
413 WWUS83 KLBF 150840 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 340 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. WARM TEMPERATURES AND LIMITED MOISTURE WILL ALLOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. NEZ204-208-150945- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.A.0002.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR- 240 AM MDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND FAR NORTHERN NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ NEZ206-209-210-219-152100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0005.150315T1700Z-150316T0300Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 340 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE LOUP RIVER BASIN TO LOESS PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206 SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE START MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL AND EXHIBIT EXTREME BURNING BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
725 WWUS83 KLBF 152032 AAB RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 332 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... .TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80S...COMBINED WITH WITH DRY AIR HAS DROPPED RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS...WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE...KEEPING FIRE DANGER CRITICAL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING WHEN TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL. NEZ206-209-210-219-160300- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150316T0300Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 332 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE LOUP RIVER BASIN TO LOESS PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...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 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LBF
424 WWUS83 KLBF 160257 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 957 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT... .RECORD HEAT TODAY HAS FURTHER CURED FIRE RELATED FUELS. WHILE CRITICAL FIRE ELEMENTS ARE RECOVERING OVERNIGHT...THE DANGERS CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AS TEMPERATURES REACH BACK INTO THE 80S. ON MONDAY THE WINDS WILL BE BELOW CRITICAL VALUES AS MOISTURE DRIES OUT AGAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEZ206-209-210-219-160400- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150316T0300Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST/ SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 957 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE LOUP RIVER BASIN TO LOESS PLAINS... TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING AND SURFACE WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF THIS EVENING...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE SLOWER TO RECOVER. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE WITH CAUTION URGED AS THE DRY FIRE RELATED FUELS REMAIN ABUNDANT. $$ 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 14, 4:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Deuel and 12 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2015Every red flag warning in 2015
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.