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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
136 PM CST THU FEB 27 2025
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KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-
PLATTE-COLFAX-BUTLER-SEWARD-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
136 PM CST THU FEB 27 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA.
* TIMING...FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST FRIDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 TO 25 PERCENT. THE LOWEST
HUMIDITY WILL BE IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
* 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. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO
AVOID SPARKS, AND CLOSELY MONITOR ANY SMOLDERING FIRES THAT BURNED
IN RECENT DAYS.
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ015-034-044-045-051>053-
066>068-090>093-280545-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FW.W.0002.250228T1600Z-250301T0200Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-THURSTON-BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
136 PM CST THU FEB 27 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST FRIDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA...THURSTON, BURT, MONONA, DODGE, WASHINGTON,
SAUNDERS, DOUGLAS, SARPY, HARRISON, SHELBY, LANCASTER, CASS,
OTOE, POTTAWATTAMIE, MILLS, MONTGOMERY, FREMONT, JOHNSON,
PAGE, NEMAHA, PAWNEE, AND RICHARDSON COUNTIES.
* TIMING...FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST FRIDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 TO 25 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. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO
AVOID SPARKS, AND CLOSELY MONITOR ANY SMOLDERING FIRES THAT BURNED
IN RECENT DAYS.
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