| Event | Red Flag Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Pine Ridge/Nebraska National Forest; Box Butte/South Sioux/Niobrara River; Lower North Platte River Basin/Scottsbluff National Monument; Lodgepole Creek/Southern Nebraska Panhandle |
| Effective | 8/1/2026, 1:04:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/2/2026, 7:15:00 AM CDT |
Red Flag Warning issued August 1 at 12:04PM MDT until August 2 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect from noon to 9 PM MDT Sunday.
* AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zones 434 through 437.
* WIND…South to southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35
mph.
* HUMIDITY…Between 8 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.
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