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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Apr 4, 2021, 3:07 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 4, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 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
- Apr 4, 2021, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 3948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
388 WWUS83 KGID 042007 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hastings NE 307 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021 ...Extreme fire weather conditions expected through early evening... KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ086-087-050100- /O.NEW.KGID.FW.W.0012.210404T2100Z-210405T0100Z/ Phillips-Smith-Jewell-Rooks-Osborne-Mitchell-Nuckolls-Thayer- 307 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005, 006, 007, 017, 018, 019, 086 AND 087... The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM CDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...In Kansas, Fire Weather Zone 005 Phillips, Fire Weather Zone 006 Smith, Fire Weather Zone 007 Jewell, Fire Weather Zone 017 Rooks, Fire Weather Zone 018 Osborne and Fire Weather Zone 019 Mitchell. In Nebraska, Fire Weather Zone 086 Nuckolls and Fire Weather Zone 087 Thayer. * WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * TIMING...through 8 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 17 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that ignite may spread rapidly and exhibit extreme fire behavior. Use extreme caution if engaging in activities that could lead to fire ignition. 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. && $$ Rossi
1 follow-up statement
754 WWUS83 KGID 050054 RFWGID URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Hastings NE 754 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ086-087-050200- /O.EXP.KGID.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210405T0100Z/ Phillips-Smith-Jewell-Rooks-Osborne-Mitchell-Nuckolls-Thayer- 754 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 005, 006, 007, 017, 018, 019, 086 AND 087... Critical fire weather conditions have ended due to decreasing wind and increasing relative humidity. $$ Thies
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Gosper | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo, Phelps | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams, Franklin, Kearney | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 40 min |
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.