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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE

August 6, 20214 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Aug 6, 2021, 1:52 AM MDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Aug 6, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
Aug 6, 2021, 1:52 AM MDT (07:52 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 6, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 322 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

053 
WWUS83 KLBF 060752
RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
252 AM CDT Fri Aug 6 2021


NEZ210-070000-
/O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0006.210806T1900Z-210807T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0009.210806T1800Z-210807T0000Z/
Frenchman Basin-
152 AM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FAR SOUTHWEST
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 today to 6 PM MDT this evening. The Fire Weather
Watch is no longer in effect.

* Affected Area...In NEZ210...Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman 
  Basin.

* Winds...South 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent.

* Impacts...Expected conditions may result in rapid fire growth. 
  Fires may become difficult to control or contain.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan50 min
Aug 6, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFSheridan50 min
Aug 6, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLincoln47 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.