⚠️ Red Flag Warning – Box Butte/South Sioux/Niobrara River; Lower North Platte River Basin/Scottsbluff National Monument; Lodgepole Creek/Southern Nebraska Panhandle – Monday, July 13, 2026

Event	Red Flag Warning
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Expected
Certainty	Likely
Area	Box Butte/South Sioux/Niobrara River; Lower North Platte River Basin/Scottsbluff National Monument; Lodgepole Creek/Southern Nebraska Panhandle
Effective	7/13/2026, 12:32:00 AM CDT
Expires	7/13/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT

Red Flag Warning issued July 12 at 11:32PM MDT until July 15 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

RED FLAG Warning was extended through Wednesday.

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM MDT Wednesday.

* AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zones 417, 418, 423, and 430
through 434.

* WIND…South 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 35 mph

* HUMIDITY…Between 10 and 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.

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