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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
215 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR HAVE MOVED INTO THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. AS THESE
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY
EVENING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 15 PERCENT OR LOWER FOR
MUCH OF THE AREA. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
AT TIMES WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS THAT WILL SEE THE MOST EXTREME
CONDITIONS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM MERRIMAN TO OGALLALA TO
CHAMPION.

IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE
AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
FURTHER GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

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FRENCHMAN BASIN-
215 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS ACROSS PERKINS 
AND CHASE COUNTIES ...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 210 FRENCHMAN 
  BASIN...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANT TO CHAMPION. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM MDT...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FROM 1 PM
  MDT THROUGH 5 PM MDT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 80S.

* LIGHTNING...ISOLATED...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP BY 
  MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE DRY LINE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF 
  PRODUCING DRY LIGHTNING. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP LATER TODAY...HAVE A 
  VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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EASTERN PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR-
115 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY
LIGHTNING FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204 EASTERN 
  PANHANDLE/CRESCENT LAKE NWR.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...FROM NOON MDT THROUGH 8 PM MDT...WITH THE GREATEST 
  THREAT FROM 3 PM MDT THROUGH 8 PM MDT. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 80S.

* LIGHTNING...ISOLATED...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP BY 
  MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE DRY LINE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF 
  PRODUCING DRY LIGHTNING. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WHICH MAY DEVELOP LATER TODAY...HAVE A 
  VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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