Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 10, 2016, 1:06 PM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 11, 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 10, 2016, 1:06 PM MST (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 6:06 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 20:12 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 12:00Z, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
380 WWUS83 KLBF 102006 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 206 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY FRIDAY... .BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. NEZ204-206-208-110415- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0001.160311T1800Z-160312T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0004.160311T1800Z-160312T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR/SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST- 206 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016 /106 PM MST THU MAR 10 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY FOR WIND 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 NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 206. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 208. * WIND...SOUTH AT 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 15 PERCENT. * 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. && $$ NEZ209-210-110415- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0004.160311T1800Z-160312T0300Z/ LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 206 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016 /106 PM MST THU MAR 10 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 209 AND 210... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210. * WIND...SOUTH AT 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT FOR ZONE 209 AND AROUND 15 PERCENT FOR ZONE 210. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ SNIVELY/POWER
2 follow-up statements
143 WWUS83 KLBF 110842 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 242 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY TODAY... .BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ219-111645- /O.EXA.KLBF.FW.W.0004.160311T1800Z-160312T0300Z/ LOESS PLAINS- 242 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219. * WIND...SOUTH NEAR 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 15 PERCENT. * 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. && $$ NEZ204-206-208>210-111645- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0004.160311T1800Z-160312T0300Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR/SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN- 242 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016 /142 AM MST FRI MAR 11 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204...206...208...209 AND 210... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204...206...208...209 AND 210. * WIND...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
532 WWUS83 KLBF 120106 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 706 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016 NEZ204-206-208>210-219-120215- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160312T0300Z/ 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- 706 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016 /606 PM MST FRI MAR 11 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. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE RECOVERING...ALONG WITH DIMINISHING WINDS...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MASEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:08 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Deuel and 12 more | 10 hr |
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.