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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

February 29, 2016Thayer County, Nebraska; Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Feb 29, 2016, 9:43 AM CST for Thayer County, Nebraska; Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 29, 2016, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
Feb 29, 2016, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 29, 2016, 1:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 29, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-02-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-02-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 473 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
473 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
566 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

139 
WWUS83 KGID 291543
RFWGID

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
943 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

KSZ007-019-NEZ087-010000-
/O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0002.160229T1900Z-160301T0000Z/
JEWELL-MITCHELL-THAYER-
943 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 007...019 AND 087...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL AND 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 087 THAYER.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY...EXHIBIT
  EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR...AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. USE
  CAUTION WHEN ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES THAT COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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.

&&

$$

GUERRERO
1 follow-up statement
051 
WWUS83 KGID 292356
RFWGID

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
556 PM CST MON FEB 29 2016

KSZ007-019-NEZ087-010100-
/O.EXP.KGID.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160301T0000Z/
JEWELL-MITCHELL-THAYER-
556 PM CST MON FEB 29 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...019 AND
087...

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED THIS EVENING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THEREFORE...THE RED
FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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.