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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service North Platte NE

132 PM CDT Thu Sep 10 2026





NEZ204-206-208-111000-

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Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR-

Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest-

Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National

Forest-

132 PM CDT Thu Sep 10 2026 /1232 PM MDT Thu Sep 10 2026/



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM

CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE

EASTERN PANHANDLE, WESTERN SANDHILLS, AND PORTIONS OF NORTH

CENTRAL 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/ to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ Friday.



* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern 

  Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, Fire Weather Zone 206 

  Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest and Fire 

  Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R 

  McKelvie National Forest.



* TIMING...Noon CDT through 8 PM CDT or 11 AM MDT through 7 PM

  MDT.



* WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.



* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.



* TEMPERATURES...Up to 91.



* LIGHTNING...Not expected. 



* IMPACTS...Any fire starts may rapidly grow and spread. 



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.



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