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WWUS83 KOAX 200854
RFWOAX
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
254 AM CST WED NOV 20 2024
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-201700-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FW.W.0015.241120T1800Z-241120T2300Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
254 AM CST WED NOV 20 2024
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
* AFFECTED AREA...KNOX, CEDAR, THURSTON, ANTELOPE, PIERCE,
WAYNE, BOONE, MADISON, STANTON, CUMING, BURT, PLATTE, MONONA,
COLFAX, DODGE, WASHINGTON, BUTLER, SAUNDERS, DOUGLAS, SARPY,
HARRISON, SHELBY, SEWARD, LANCASTER, CASS, OTOE,
POTTAWATTAMIE, SALINE, MILLS, MONTGOMERY, JEFFERSON, GAGE,
FREMONT, JOHNSON, PAGE, NEMAHA, PAWNEE, AND RICHARDSON
COUNTIES.
* TIMING...FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 28 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
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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