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WWUS83 KOAX 280945
RFWOAX
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
345 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2025
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-282130-
/O.CON.KOAX.FW.W.0002.250228T1600Z-250301T0200Z/
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-
345 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST
TODAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...
* 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 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 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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