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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

March 5, 201626 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2016, 3:24 AM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 5, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 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 5, 2016, 3:24 AM MST (10:24 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Mar 5, 2016, 5:44 PM MST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

All 26 counties

Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes 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, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

787 
WWUS83 KLBF 051024
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
424 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2016

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

.THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WITH DRY FUELS AND
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY.

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-051830-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0002.160305T1800Z-160306T0100Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST-
NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR/SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL
FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
424 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2016 /324 AM MST SAT MAR 5 2016/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO
7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204...206...208...209...210 AND
219...

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 CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206. 
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209. FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 210. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219. 

* WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ANY RANGE FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
  TO BURN OUT OF CONTROL.

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.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement

819 
WWUS83 KLBF 060044 AAA
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
644 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2016

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-060145-
/O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160306T0100Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST-
NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR/SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL
FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
644 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2016 /544 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2016/

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204...206...208...209...210 AND
219...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNING. 

HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED TO 20 PERCENT OR HIGHER AND WINDS AND
TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING SUGGESTING THE RISK OF RANGE FIRES HAS
DECREASED.

$$

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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.