Severe Wildfire

Fire Weather Watch issued April 12 at 8:28PM CDT until April 13 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR; Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest; Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest Source: NOAA / NWS

Details

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING AT 8 PM CDT...

* 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.

* For the Red Flag Warning...it has been allowed to expire at 8 PM
CDT. A Fire Weather Watch remains in effect Monday afternoon.

* TIMING...Monday, Noon CDT / 11 AM MDT through 10 PM CDT / 9 PM
MDT.

* WINDS...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY....Falling into the teens during the afternoon
hours Monday.

* TEMPERATURES...Highs Monday afteernoon in the upper 70s to lower
80s.

* LIGHTNING...None expected

* IMPACTS...Any fire starts could spread rapidly and be
difficult to control.

Recommendations

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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