Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Oct 22, 2016, 1:49 AM MDT for 22 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 22, 2016, 10:00 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
- Oct 22, 2016, 1:49 AM MDT (07:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 22, 2016, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 22 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 3016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
048 WWUS83 KLBF 220749 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 249 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.... .DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE DAKOTAS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF IT OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL INCREASE. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. NEZ204-206-208-230000- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0007.161022T1600Z-161023T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0013.161022T1600Z-161023T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR/SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- 249 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2016 /149 AM MDT SAT OCT 22 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204...206 AND 208... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 WEST OF NEWPORT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ NEZ209-230000- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0013.161022T1600Z-161023T0000Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 249 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ POWER
2 follow-up statements
377 WWUS83 KLBF 222019 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 319 PM CDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.... .DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW DRY AIR AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA. NEZ204-206-208-209-230000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161023T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR/SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 319 PM CDT SAT OCT 22 2016 /219 PM MDT SAT OCT 22 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204... 206...208 AND 209... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208 WEST OF NEWPORT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ KULIK
553 WWUS83 KLBF 230002 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 702 PM CDT SAT OCT 22 2016 NEZ204-206-208-209-230115- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161023T0000Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR/SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN- 702 PM CDT SAT OCT 22 2016 /602 PM MDT SAT OCT 22 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204... 206...208 AND 209... WINDS ARE DIMINISHING AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN AND HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED. THE POTENTIAL FOR WILD FIRE DEVELOPMENT HAS FALLEN. $$
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.