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WWUS83 KLBF 220741
RFWLBF
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
241 AM CDT WED APR 22 2026
NEZ204-206-208>210-219-230200-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0026.260422T1600Z-260423T0200Z/
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-
241 AM CDT WED APR 22 2026 /141 AM MDT WED APR 22 2026/
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY
AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS...
* 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...LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15% ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA
AND 18 TO 25% ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90.
* LIGHTNING...DRY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE STARTS MAY RAPIDLY GROW AND SPREAD. GUSTY,
ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
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.
TAYLOR
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