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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Omaha, NE

September 8, 20227 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this red flag warning at Sep 8, 2022, 3:30 AM CDT for 7 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 8, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT. 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
Sep 8, 2022, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 8, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 8, 2022, 7:04 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

Counties Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Knox County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2022-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 144 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2022-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-393 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

088 
WWUS83 KOAX 080830
RFWOAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
330 AM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022

NEZ011-012-016>018-030-031-081630-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FW.W.0021.220908T1600Z-220909T0200Z/
Knox-Cedar-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-
330 AM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...

The National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley has issued a Red
Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from 11 AM this morning to 9 PM CDT this evening.

* Affected Area...In Nebraska, Knox, Cedar, Antelope, Pierce, 
  Wayne, Boone and Madison.

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

* Relative Humidity...As low as 25 percent.

* Impacts...

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
434 
WWUS83 KOAX 081540
RFWOAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
1040 AM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022

NEZ011-012-016>018-030-031-082345-
/O.CON.KOAX.FW.W.0021.220908T1600Z-220909T0200Z/
Knox-Cedar-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-
1040 AM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA..

* Affected Area...In Nebraska, Knox, Cedar, Antelope, Pierce, 
  Wayne, Boone and Madison.

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

* Relative Humidity...As low as 25 percent.

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.

&&

$$
561 
WWUS83 KOAX 082001
RFWOAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
301 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022

NEZ011-012-016>018-030-031-090200-
/O.CON.KOAX.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220909T0200Z/
Knox-Cedar-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-
301 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...

* Affected Area...In Nebraska, Knox, Cedar, Antelope, Pierce, 
  Wayne, Boone and Madison.

* Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 25 percent.

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.

&&

$$
057 
WWUS83 KOAX 090004
RFWOAX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
704 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022

NEZ011-012-016>018-030-031-090115-
/O.CAN.KOAX.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220909T0200Z/
Knox-Cedar-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-
704 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Relative humidity is recovering over northeast Nebraska this
evening, so the National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley has 
cancelled the Red Flag Warning.

$$

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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.