Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Sep 4, 2020, 1:41 PM MDT for 7 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 5, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
- Sep 4, 2020, 1:41 PM MDT (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2020, 6:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Keith County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 130 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
- 2624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
353 WWUS83 KLBF 041941 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 241 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2020 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .Low humidity below 15 percent will combine with southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph can be expected across the eastern panhandle and western Sandhills Saturday afternoon and evening. NEZ204-050945- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0013.200905T1800Z-200906T0200Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- 141 PM MDT Fri Sep 4 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS... The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Red Flag Warning FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, which is in effect from noon to 8 PM MDT Saturday. * Affected Area...In NEZ204...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR. * Winds...South 10 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Any fire starts will be very difficult to 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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ http://weather.gov/LBF
2 follow-up statements
280 WWUS83 KLBF 050756 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 256 AM CDT Sat Sep 5 2020 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .Low humidity below 15 percent will combine with southwest winds of 10 to 20 mph with gusts greater than 25 mph can be expected across the panhandle and western Sandhills this afternoon and evening. NEZ204-060200- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0013.200905T1800Z-200906T0200Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- 156 AM MDT Sat Sep 5 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 204 which includes the eastern Nebraska panhandle and western Sandhills. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 percent. * Impacts...Any fire starts will be very difficult to control. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ http://weather.gov/LBF Taylor
033 WWUS83 KLBF 060055 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 755 PM CDT Sat Sep 5 2020 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .Overnight recovery will be low with min RH overnight values ranging from near 40% to 60%. Min RH on Sunday will be in the teens with some of the lowest values occurring during the early to mid afternoon hours. Northerly winds sustained around 20 mph with gust up to 30 mph. NEZ204-061500- /O.CAN.KLBF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200906T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0014.200906T0100Z-200907T0200Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- 655 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDTY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS... * Affected Area...In NEZ204...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR. * Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low 12 percent. * Temperatures...In 90s. * Impacts...Any fire starts will be very difficult to 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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ NEZ206-208-210-219-061500- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0014.200906T0100Z-200907T0200Z/ Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains- 755 PM CDT Sat Sep 5 2020 /655 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDTY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * Affected Area...In NEZ206...Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest. In NEZ208... Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest. In NEZ210...Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin. In NEZ219...Fire Weather Zone 219 Loess Plains. * Winds...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Temperatures...In the 90s to near 100. * Impacts...Any fire starts will be very difficult to control. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ http://weather.gov/LBF
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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.