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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
245 AM CST WED NOV 20 2024
NEZ206-208-209-219-210000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.W.0025.241120T1800Z-241121T0000Z/
SANDHILLS/VALENTINE NWR/NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST-
NIOBRARA VALLEY/FORT NIOBRARA NWR/SAMUEL R MCKELVIE NATIONAL
FOREST-LOUP RIVERS BASIN-LOESS PLAINS-
245 AM CST WED NOV 20 2024
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH WINDS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE
219 LOESS PLAINS.
* TIMING...12 PM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S.
* LIGHTNING...NOT EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE START WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME
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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