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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1057 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY TODAY
.GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING
INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH MINIMUM RH OF 15 TO 20
PERCENT, PRODUCING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
NEZ210-219-040100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0020.260403T1500Z-260404T0100Z/
FRENCHMAN BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
1057 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026 /957 PM MDT THU APR 2 2026/
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM
CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS
FOR PORTIONS OF SW NEBRASKA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS, WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN BASIN AND FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 219 LOESS PLAINS.
* TIMING...10 AM CDT (9 AM MDT) FRIDAY THROUGH 8 PM CDT (7 PM MDT)
FRIDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 63 DEGREES.
* 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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