Alert archive / Nebraska / Red Flag Warnings in 2025
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 28, 2025, 1:11 AM MDT for 22 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 28, 2025, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 28, 2025, 1:11 AM MDT (07:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2025, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 22 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant 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, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted.
258 WWUS83 KLBF 280711 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 211 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025 NEZ204-206-208-209-290000- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0013.250328T1700Z-250329T0000Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Loup Rivers Basin- 211 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025 /111 AM MDT Fri Mar 28 2025/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA... The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Red Flag Warning for low humidity and gusty winds, which is in effect from noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ today to 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest, Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest and Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin. * TIMING...From Noon CDT through 7PM CDT today. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 12 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 86. * LIGHTNING...Not expected today. Potential for lightning across south central Nebraska this evening. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly and be difficult or impossible to 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
290 WWUS83 KLBF 281918 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 218 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025 NEZ204-206-208-209-290000- /O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250329T0000Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Loup Rivers Basin- 218 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025 /118 PM MDT Fri Mar 28 2025/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest, Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest and Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin. * TIMING...Through 7PM CDT today. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 86. * LIGHTNING...Not expected today. Potential for lightning across central Nebraska this evening. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly and be difficult or impossible to control. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
931 WWUS83 KLBF 290002 RFWLBF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 702 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025 NEZ204-206-208-209-290115- /O.EXP.KLBF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250329T0000Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Loup Rivers Basin- 702 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025 /602 PM MDT Fri Mar 28 2025/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... Temperatures continue to fall with the setting sun which is allowing humidity values to climb above critical levels. Caution is still advised through the evening as a strong cool front dives through the area and briefly allows winds to climb to around 30 to 35 mph in its wake. $$
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.