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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1220 PM PDT THU SEP 10 2026
...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 424, 425, 426, 427, 437, 438, 469, AND
470...
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SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY-
WHITE PINE AND NORTHEAST NYE COUNTIES-NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-MOJAVE-
CENTRAL NEVADA-TOIYABE-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-QUINN-
W ELKO COUNTY, N EUREKA AND LANDER COUNTIES N OF I80-
CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
1220 PM PDT THU SEP 10 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 424, 425, 426, 427, 437, 438, 469, AND 470...
* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA.
* WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH, WITH GUSTS
NEAR 45 MPH.
* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 9
PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
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