⚠️ Fire Weather Watch – Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest; Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest; Loup Rivers Basin; Frenchman Basin; Loess Plains – Monday, June 15, 2026

Fire Weather Watch issued June 15 at 10:47PM CDT until June 17 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for low relative humidity and gusty winds, which is
in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.

* AFFECTED AREA…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…1 PM through 10 PM CDT (Noon through 9 PM MDT).

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 17 percent.

* TEMPERATURES…80 to 90.

* LIGHTNING…None expected.

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

Instructions

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.