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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1225 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2026
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE ON THURSDAY
NEZ204-206-210-140900-
/O.EXT.KLBF.FW.W.0030.260513T1800Z-260515T0300Z/
EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST-FRENCHMAN BASIN-
1225 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2026 /1125 AM MDT WED MAY 13 2026/
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF 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 AND FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN.
* TIMING...WEDNESDAY, 1 PM CDT / NOON MDT TO 10 PM CDT / 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, NORTHWEST 15
TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 87 THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO 93 THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
* LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE STARTS WILL 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.
NEZ209-219-140600-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0030.260513T1800Z-260514T0600Z/
LOUP RIVERS BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
1225 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 209 LOUP RIVERS BASIN AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS.
* TIMING...WEDNESDAY, 1 PM CDT TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 84.
* LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE STARTS WILL 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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