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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
154 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY..

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-152100-
/O.CON.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-
154 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 /1254 AM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDTY AND GUSTY WINDS
FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL 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, 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...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...11 to 16 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...78 to 86 degrees.

* 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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