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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
220 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026

...Dangerous Fire Weather Conditions Possible Thursday...

NEZ204-206-208>210-219-110900-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0006.260312T1700Z-260313T0300Z/
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-
220 PM CDT Tue Mar 10 2026 /120 PM MDT Tue Mar 10 2026/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY, WARM TEMPERATURES, AND VERY
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS...

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for low humidity, warm temperatures, very strong
westerly winds, which is in effect from Thursday afternoon through
Thursday evening.

* 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...12 PM CDT/ 11 AM MDT to 10 PM CDT/ 9 PM MDT Monday

* WINDS...West 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.

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

* TEMPERATURES...70 to 76.

* LIGHTNING...None expected.

* IMPACTS...Any fire starts will have a high potential to spread
  rapidly and will be 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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