| Event | Fire Weather Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Pine Ridge/Nebraska National Forest; Box Butte/South Sioux/Niobrara River; Lower North Platte River Basin/Scottsbluff National Monument; Lodgepole Creek/Southern Nebraska Panhandle; Niobrara/Lower Elevations of Converse/Thunder Basin National Grassland; Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains; Bordeaux/Chugwater/Wheatland; Goshen/Middle-Lower North Platte River Basin |
| Effective | 6/14/2026, 1:44:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 6/14/2026, 9:45:00 PM CDT |
Fire Weather Watch issued June 14 at 12:44PM MDT until June 17 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
RED FLAG CONDITIONS LIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS
EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR.
…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 417, 418, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, AND 437…
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through
Wednesday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zones 417, 418, 432, 433, 434,
435, 436, and 437.
* WIND…Northwest winds at 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
* HUMIDITY…10 to 15 percent.
* IMPACTS…Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Instructions
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.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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