⚠️ Red Flag Warning – Pine Ridge/Nebraska National Forest; 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 – Thursday, September 10, 2026

Red Flag Warning issued September 10 at 12:12PM MDT until September 11 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM to 7 PM MDT Friday.

* AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zones 433 through 437.

* WIND…West to northwest winds with gusts of 25 to 35 MPH.

* HUMIDITY…12 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.

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