Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE

050 
WWUS83 KGID 031753
RFWGID

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1253 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016

NEZ061>064-074-084-040000-
/O.EXA.KGID.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/
BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-FRANKLIN-
1253 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 061...062...
063...064...074 AND 084...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO... 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON... 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY AND 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 FRANKLIN.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 30 
  MPH POSSIBLE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT OCCUR WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY...EXHIBIT 
  EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR...AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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.

&&

$$

KSZ007-019-NEZ075>077-085>087-040000-
/O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/
JEWELL-MITCHELL-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
1253 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...
019...075...076...077...085...086 AND 087...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 JEWELL AND 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 019 MITCHELL. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 WEBSTER...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 086 NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 30 
  MPH POSSIBLE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT OCCUR WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY...EXHIBIT 
  EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR...AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. 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.

&&

$$

HEINLEIN

146 
WWUS83 KGID 032352
RFWGID

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
652 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016


KSZ007-019-NEZ061>064-074>077-084>087-040100-
/O.EXP.KGID.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/
JEWELL-MITCHELL-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-
FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
652 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 007...019...
061...062...063...064...074...075...076...077...084...085...
086 AND 087...

WIND SPEEDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1226 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 325 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

SATELLITE AND OBSERVATIONS SHOW CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE REGION.
DESPITE A WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM...NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE
INCREASED THIS MORNING. THE SUNSHINE AND WARM ADVECTION HAVE HELPED
TO WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE LOWER 60S FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

WARM ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL
HAVE A WESTERLY COMPONENT MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND EXPECT TEMPERATURES
TO REMAIN MILD. CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT.

THE WARM ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. THERE SHOULD BE SUNNY
SKIES. THERE IS A BROAD SURFACE TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA LATE TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL KEEP THE WINDS FROM THE
WEST AND GRADUALLY TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.
THE WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALL OF THIS LEADS TO
NEAR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER FOR MUCH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 355 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

OVERVIEW...THIS WILL BE A WARM PERIOD WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD BE AS MUCH AS 10-15 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL ON A FEW DAYS AND LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE
FREEZING. NORMAL HIGHS RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S OVER SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA TO THE LOWER 70S OVER NORTHERN KANSAS. OVERALL SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE NOT VERY GOOD. WE ARE PRIMARILY LOOKING AT
JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE WIND WILL BE RATHER LIGHT ON MONDAY AND
SWING AROUND OUT OF THE SOUTH AS A SFC HIGH SLIDES OFF TO THE EAST.
DESPITE THE SOUTHERLY WINDS IT WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER WITH A
LITTLE LESS MIXING. A FRONT WILL COME THROUGH ON TUESDAY AND HIGHS
SHOULD BE WARMER IN THE 70S IN MOST LOCATIONS WITH GOOD MIXING. THE
WIND WILL TURN NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND COULD BE BREEZY AT
TIMES. THE UPPER SYSTEM IS COMING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AND DOES NOT
HAVE MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...THUS RAIN CHANCES ARE NOT THAT
GOOD. THERE WILL BE SOME LIMITED INSTABILITY SO CAN NOT RULE OUT A
FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

WEDNESDAY...WILL BE ONE OF THE COOLER DAYS OF THE WEEK WITH COOLER
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE
RIGHT AROUND TO JUST ABOVE NORMAL GENERALLY IN THE 60S. FIRE DANGER
MAY BE A CONCERN ON WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. THUS WE EXPECT
DRY AND MILD WEATHER WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND LOWER 70S.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z KGRI/KEAR TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1219 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016

DRY WEATHER WITH VFR CONDITIONS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS
TAF PERIOD...WITH MODELS CONTINUING TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR
LLWS EARLY THIS MORNING. MAIN CONCERN WILL LIE WITH WINDS THROUGH
THE REST OF THE PERIOD...WHICH WILL TRANSITION FROM S/SWRLY...TO
WRLY...AND ULTIMATELY NWRLY BY THIS EVENING. GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH
ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...WITH SPEEDS TAPERING OFF THIS
EVENING.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 325 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO BELOW 20 PERCENT FOR A PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA TOMORROW. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE AREA WITH THE LOWEST
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO BE THE AREA WITH THE LIGHTER WINDS. HAVE
SOME CONCERN THAT THERE WILL BE AREA OVERLAPPED ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WILL GO WITH A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR JEWELL AND
MITCHELL AND WILL SEE ABOUT EXPANDING IT LATER ON.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...FIRE WEATHER WATCH THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ007-019.

&&

SHORT TERM...JCB
LONG TERM...WESELY
AVIATION...ADP
FIRE WEATHER...JCB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
343 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
031200-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
343 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CRITICAL TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR JEWELL AND MITCHELL COUNTIES FOR SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)