Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 20, 2016, 1:41 PM MDT for 19 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 21, 2016, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 20, 2016, 1:41 PM MDT (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2016, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 7.7 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
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
585 WWUS83 KLBF 201941 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 241 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...LARGE RANGE FIRE GROWTH POSSIBLE ON MONDAY... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY CONDITIONS...BREEZY WEST WINDS...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE RANGE FIRE GROWTH ON MONDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE. NEZ204-210345- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0005.160321T1600Z-160322T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 141 PM MDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WIND FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204. * WIND...WESTERLY NEAR 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...LESS THAN 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ SJACOBS
2 follow-up statements
463 WWUS83 KLBF 210909 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 409 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...LARGE RANGE FIRE GROWTH LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY CONDITIONS...BREEZY WEST WINDS...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE RANGE FIRE GROWTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SANDHILLS...EASTERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. NEZ206-210-219-212100- /O.EXA.KLBF.FW.W.0005.160321T1600Z-160322T0200Z/ SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST-FRENCHMAN BASIN- LOESS PLAINS- 409 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2016 /309 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 206...210 AND 219... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 206...210 AND 219. * WIND...WESTERLY NEAR 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...LESS THAN 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ NEZ204-212100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0005.160321T1600Z-160322T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- 309 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204. * WIND...WESTERLY NEAR 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...LESS THAN 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ CLB
755 WWUS83 KLBF 212116 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 416 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...LARGE RANGE FIRE GROWTH LIKELY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .THE COMBINATION OF DRY CONDITIONS...BREEZY WEST WINDS...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR LARGE RANGE FIRE GROWTH INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SANDHILLS...EASTERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. NEZ204-206-210-219-220200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160322T0200Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST-FRENCHMAN BASIN- LOESS PLAINS- 416 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2016 /316 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204... 206...210 AND 219... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 206...210 AND 219. * WIND...WESTERLY NEAR 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...LESS THAN 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ KAR
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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.