Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this red flag warning at Oct 13, 2015, 3:59 AM CDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 13, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 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
- Oct 13, 2015, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2015, 3:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
Counties Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Butler County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Saline County, NE, Seward County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 2990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825 WWUS83 KOAX 130859 RFWOAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 359 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2015 NEZ016-017-030-031-042-050-065-078-131700- /O.NEW.KOAX.FW.W.0013.151013T1800Z-151013T2300Z/ ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-PLATTE-BUTLER-SEWARD-SALINE- 359 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP WILL POTENTIALLY SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. THOSE ENGAGING IN HARVEST ACTIVITIES OR WORKING IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE CAUTION INVOLVING POTENTIAL SPARKS OR FLAMES. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ZAPOTOCNY
1 follow-up statement
710 WWUS83 KOAX 132005 RFWOAX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 305 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2015 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION NEZ016-017-030-031-042-050-065-078-132115- /O.CAN.KOAX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151013T2300Z/ ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-PLATTE-BUTLER-SEWARD-SALINE- 305 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
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.