Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 8, 2017, 2:28 AM MST for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 8, 2017, 10:00 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 8, 2017, 2:28 AM MST (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2017, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2017, 5:00 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 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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
- 2917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
541 WWUS83 KLBF 080928 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 328 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON... NEZ210-219-090000- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0003.170308T1700Z-170309T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0004.170308T1700Z-170309T0000Z/ Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains- 328 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 /228 AM MST Wed Mar 8 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS 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 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ this morning to 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 210. Fire weather zone 219. * WIND...Northwest 15 to 25 mph this afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Dropping to near 15 percent this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning should not be undertaken. 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. && $$ CLB
1 follow-up statement
770 WWUS83 KLBF 090006 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 606 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 NEZ210-219-090115- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170309T0000Z/ Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains- 606 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 /506 PM MST Wed Mar 8 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 210 AND 219... Winds have diminished to 10 mph or less and relative humidity has improved to above 20 percent. Therefore the red flag warning has been allowed to expire. $$ Roberg
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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.