Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2016, 3:02 AM MDT for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2016, 3:02 AM MDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:43 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Valentine, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 2809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
229 WWUS83 KLBF 070902 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 402 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL OFF TO AROUND 20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILD FIRES. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-071715- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0002.160407T1700Z-160408T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0008.160407T1700Z-160408T0100Z/ 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- 402 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 /302 AM MDT THU APR 7 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS 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...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204...206...208...209...210 AND 219. * WIND...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY ACROSS LONG DISTANCES. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ MASEK
1 follow-up statement
515 WWUS83 KLBF 071856 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 156 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL OFF TO AROUND 20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILD FIRES. NEZ204-206-208>210-219-080100- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160408T0100Z/ EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR- SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST- NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR/SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS- 156 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 /1256 PM MDT THU APR 7 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204...206...208...209...210 AND 219... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204...206...208...209... 210 AND 219. * WIND...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY ACROSS LONG DISTANCES. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TAYLOR
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.