Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2022
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Jan 31, 2022, 2:00 AM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 31, 2022, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 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
- Jan 31, 2022, 2:00 AM MST (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2022, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2022, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 26 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 3506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
987 WWUS83 KLBF 310900 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 300 AM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 NEZ204-206-208>210-219-312300- /O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0002.220131T1600Z-220201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0002.220131T1600Z-220201T0000Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Loup Rivers Basin-Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains- 300 AM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 /200 AM MST Mon Jan 31 2022/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO THE EASTERN PANHANDLE... The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Red Flag Warning FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, which is in effect from 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ this morning to 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...In NEZ204...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR. 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...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph for far southwest Nebraska, the sandhills, into the eastern panhandle. Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 35 to 45 mph elsewhere. Winds will shift to the west and northwest this evening. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Impacts...Weather conditions will be favorable for rapid fire growth and erratic fire behavior. Fires may quickly become out of 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. && $$ http://weather.gov/LBF
2 follow-up statements
756 WWUS83 KLBF 311456 AAA RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED National Weather Service North Platte NE 856 AM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 NEZ204-206-208>210-219-010000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0002.220131T1600Z-220201T0000Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Loup Rivers Basin-Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains- 856 AM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 /756 AM MST Mon Jan 31 2022/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO THE EASTERN PANHANDLE... * Affected Area...In NEZ204...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR. In NEZ206...Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest. In NEZ208... Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest. In NEZ209...Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin. In NEZ210...Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin. In NEZ219...Fire Weather Zone 219 Loess Plains. * Winds...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph across the eastern panhandle, western sandhills into north central Nebraska. Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 to 45 mph elsewhere. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Impacts...Weather conditions will be favorable for rapid fire growth and erratic fire behavior. Fires may quickly become out of control. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ http://weather.gov/LBF
131 WWUS83 KLBF 312356 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 556 PM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 NEZ204-206-208>210-219-010100- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220201T0000Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Loup Rivers Basin-Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains- 556 PM CST Mon Jan 31 2022 /456 PM MST Mon Jan 31 2022/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... Sporadic or brief red flag conditions are still possible for areas west of Highway 83 through 7 PM CST, but the threat of widespread critical fire weather is low for the remainder of the evening. Despite gusty west and northwest winds continuing through the late evening hours, humidity values will recover to above critical thresholds. With that said, the gusty winds may contribute to quick spread should a fire initiate. $$ 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.