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Red Flag Warning

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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; Loup Rivers Basin; Frenchman Basin

Status In Progress Started about 4 hours ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Expected
Certainty Likely

Details

* 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...Noon through 9 PM CDT this evening.
* WINDS...Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts between 45 and 50 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 16 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Highs in the lower to mid 80s this afternoon.
* LIGHTNING...none expected.
* IMPACTS...Any fire starts should spread rapidly and be difficult to control.
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