Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - North Platte, NE
Areas Affected: Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR; Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest; Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest; Frenchman Basin
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Alert Sent: Friday 2:16pm CDT
Alert Effective: Friday 2:16pm CDT
Alert Expires: Saturday 4:00am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Sunday 12:00pm CDT
Event Ends: Sunday 10:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS North Platte NE
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS, ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty west winds, above normal temperatures, and low afternoon humidity, which is in effect from Sunday afternoon through Sunday 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 and Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin. * TIMING...Sunday, Noon CDT / 11 AM MDT through 10 PM CDT / 9 PM MDT. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Falling into the lower teens. * TEMPERATURES...Upper 70s west to lower 80s east. * LIGHTNING...None expected * IMPACTS...Any fire starts will spread rapidly and be difficult to control.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.81e774acff3da55f73c1a65b367f5a9591820928.001.1 Codes: NEZ204, NEZ206, NEZ208, NEZ210 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.81e774acff3da55f73c1a65b367f5a9591820928.001.1