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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

March 7, 20165 counties in Nebraska

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-03-07Temperature 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 4:01 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan29 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.