Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Nov 5, 2020, 1:26 PM CST for 20 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 6, 2020, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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
- Nov 5, 2020, 1:26 PM CST (19:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
726 WWUS83 KLBF 051926 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 126 PM CST Thu Nov 5 2020 NEZ209-219-061200- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0014.201106T1800Z-201107T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0021.201106T1800Z-201107T0000Z/ Loup Rivers Basin-Loess Plains- 126 PM CST Thu Nov 5 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA... 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 6 PM CST Friday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In NEZ209...Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin. In NEZ219...Fire Weather Zone 219 Loess Plains. * Winds...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fire start will be capable of spreading rapidly and exhibit erratic behavior. 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. && $$ NEZ206-208-210-061200- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0021.201106T1800Z-201107T0000Z/ Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Frenchman Basin- 126 PM CST Thu Nov 5 2020 /1226 PM MST Thu Nov 5 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND MOST OF THE SANDHILLS... The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Red Flag Warning FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, which is in effect from noon CST /11 AM MST/ to 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ Friday. * Affected Area...In NEZ206...Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest. In NEZ208... Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest. In NEZ210...Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fire start will be capable of spreading rapidly and exhibit erratic behavior. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ http://weather.gov/LBF
2 follow-up statements
466 WWUS83 KLBF 061043 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 443 AM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 NEZ206-208>210-219-070000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0021.201106T1800Z-201107T0000Z/ Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Loup Rivers Basin-Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains- 443 AM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 /343 AM MST Fri Nov 6 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST, CENTRAL, AND NORTH CENTRAL 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 NEZ209...Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin. In NEZ210...Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin. In NEZ219...Fire Weather Zone 219 Loess Plains. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fire start will be capable of spreading rapidly and exhibit erratic behavior. 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. && $$ http://weather.gov/LBF
748 WWUS83 KLBF 062030 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 230 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 NEZ206-208>210-219-070000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-201107T0000Z/ Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Loup Rivers Basin-Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains- 230 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 /130 PM MST Fri Nov 6 2020/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE SANDHILLS... * Affected Area...In NEZ206...Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest. In NEZ208... Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest. In NEZ209...Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin. In NEZ210...Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin. In NEZ219...Fire Weather Zone 219 Loess Plains. * Winds...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Any fire start will be capable of spreading rapidly and exhibit erratic behavior. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ http://weather.gov/LBF
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2:29 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Custer, Frontier, Garfield, Holt, Lincoln, Loup and 1 more | 11 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.