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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
344 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025


NEZ204-206-208>210-219-281745-
/O.CON.KLBF.FW.W.0003.250228T1600Z-250301T0200Z/
Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR-
Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest-
Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National
Forest-Loup Rivers Basin-Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains-
344 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2025 /244 AM MST Fri Feb 28 2025/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern
  Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, Fire Weather Zone 206
  Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest, Fire Weather
  Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie
  National Forest, Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin, Fire
  Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin and Fire Weather Zone 219
  Loess Plains.

* TIMING...Friday morning through early evening.

* WINDS...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

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

* TEMPERATURES...Up to 63.

* LIGHTNING...None.

* IMPACTS...Any fire start will spread rapidly and become
  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.

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