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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1144 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

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

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-160900-
/O.UPG.KLBF.FW.A.0013.260416T1600Z-260417T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0023.260416T1600Z-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-
1144 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 /1044 AM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THURSDAY
TO MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ THURSDAY NIGHT FOR LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR WESTERN AND 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 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ Thursday to midnight CDT /11 PM MDT/
Thursday night. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* 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 30 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 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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