Effective:

2025-02-25T10:00:00-06:00

Expires:

2025-02-25T20:00:00-06:00

Certainty:

Likely

Event:

Red Flag Warning

Type:

Update

Severity:

Severe

Urgency:

Expected

Areas:

Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR; Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest; Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest; Loup Rivers Basin

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * 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 and Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin. * TIMING...Noon to 7 PM CST this evening, 11 AM to 6 PM MST this evening. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Winds will shift to the northwest late this afternoon and remain gusty through the evening hours. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 18 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 71. * LIGHTNING...None. * IMPACTS...Any fire start will spread rapidly and become difficult to control.

Instruction: 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.

Effective:

2025-02-25T10:00:00-06:00

Expires:

2025-02-25T20:00:00-06:00

Certainty:

Likely

Event:

Red Flag Warning

Type:

Update

Severity:

Severe

Urgency:

Expected

Areas:

Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR; Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest; Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest; Loup Rivers Basin

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * 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 and Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin. * TIMING...Noon to 7 PM CST this evening, 11 AM to 6 PM MST this evening. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Winds will shift to the northwest late this afternoon and remain gusty through the evening hours. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 18 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 71. * LIGHTNING...None. * IMPACTS...Any fire start will spread rapidly and become difficult to control.

Instruction: 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.