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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
545 PM CDT Sat Sep 28 2024

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY...

NEZ204-206-208-290645-
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/O.CON.KLBF.FW.A.0014.240930T1700Z-241001T0200Z/
Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR-
Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest-
Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National
Forest-
545 PM CDT Sat Sep 28 2024 /445 PM MDT Sat Sep 28 2024/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/
TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
FOR THE PANHANDLE AND SANDHILLS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE
PANHANDLE AND SANDHILLS...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern
  Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, Fire Weather Zone 206
  Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest and Fire
  Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R
  McKelvie National Forest.

* TIMING...For the Red Flag Warning, 11 AM through 6 PM MDT Sunday
  afternoon. For the Fire Weather Watch, 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Monday.

* WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph on
  Sunday. North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph on Monday.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Around 15 percent for both days.

* TEMPERATURES...Highs around 90 on Sunday. Highs generally in the
  70s on Monday.

* LIGHTNING...None.

* IMPACTS...Any fire start may spread rapidly and become very
  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.

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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NEZ209-210-219-290645-
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Loup Rivers Basin-Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains-
545 PM CDT Sat Sep 28 2024 /445 PM MDT Sat Sep 28 2024/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin, Fire
  Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin and Fire Weather Zone 219
  Loess Plains.

* TIMING...Noon to 9 PM CDT Monday.

* WINDS...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 to 20 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Highs generally around 80.

* LIGHTNING...None.

* IMPACTS...Any fire start may spread rapidly and become very
  difficult to control.

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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