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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1215 PM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY..

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-150900-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0013.260416T1600Z-260417T0500Z/
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-
1215 PM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026 /1115 AM MDT Tue Apr 14 2026/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDTY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for low relative humidity and gusty winds, which is
in effect from Thursday morning through Thursday 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, Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin, Fire
  Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin and Fire Weather Zone 219
  Loess Plains.

* TIMING...Thursday, 11 AM CDT / 10 AM MDT through Midnight CDT /
  11 PM MDT.

* WINDS...South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 11 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Into the low to mid 80s.

* LIGHTNING...None expected.

* IMPACTS...Any fire starts could spread rapidly and be
  difficult to control.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

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