⚠️ Fire Weather Watch – Box Butte/South Sioux/Niobrara River; Lower North Platte River Basin/Scottsbluff National Monument; Lodgepole Creek/Southern Nebraska Panhandle; Goshen/Middle-Lower North Platte River Basin – Friday, October 9, 2026

Fire Weather Watch issued October 9 at 12:34PM MDT until October 10 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO WIND AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE, AND
GOSHEN/MIDDLE-LOWER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN AREAS…

…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING DUE
TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PINE RIDGE/NEBRASKA NATIONAL
FOREST AND A PORTION OF WY…

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne WY has issued a Fire Weather
Watch.

* AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather Zones 433, 435, 436, and 437.

* TIMING…Saturday afternoon.

* WINDS…Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…Relative Humidity between 15 to 23 percent.

* IMPACTS…Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor
burning is not recommended.

Instructions

Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of
this Red Flag Warning.

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