⚠️ Red Flag Warning – 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; Loess Plains – Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Red Flag Warning issued June 16 at 10:41PM CDT until June 17 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Red
Flag Warning for low relative humidity and gusty winds, which is
in effect from noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ to 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
Wednesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* 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 Wednesday.

* WINDS…Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…15 to 25 percent.

* TEMPERATURES…80 to 90.

* LIGHTNING…none expected.

* IMPACTS…Any fire starts should spread rapidly and be
difficult to control.

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.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.