Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 7, 2016, 3:16 AM MST for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 7, 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 7, 2016, 3:16 AM MST (10:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2016, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 3572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
403 WWUS83 KLBF 071016 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 416 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY WARM AND DRY AIR WILL SURGE NORTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MINIMUM HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS SHOULD ANY WILDFIRES OCCUR. NEZ210-219-071830- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0003.160307T1800Z-160308T0100Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 416 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 /316 AM MST MON MAR 7 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 210 AND 219... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...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 210. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219. * WIND...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 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. 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. && $$ KAR
1 follow-up statement
591 WWUS83 KLBF 080106 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 706 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016 NEZ210-219-080215- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160308T0100Z/ FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 706 PM CST MON MAR 7 2016 /606 PM MST MON MAR 7 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 210 AND 219... TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE RECOVERING...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ MASEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 29 min |
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.