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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
828 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2026

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

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Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR-
Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest-
Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National
Forest-
828 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2026 /728 PM MDT Sun Apr 12 2026/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS...

...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.

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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Loup Rivers Basin-
828 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2026

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

Winds have decreased and will be light the rest of tonight as
humidity recovers.

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Taylor