⚠️ 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 – Sunday, August 2, 2026

Red Flag Warning issued August 2 at 11:51AM MDT until August 3 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH…

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM to 9 PM MDT Monday.

* AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zones 434 through 437.

* WIND…South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph Sunday;
North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph Monday.

* HUMIDITY…Between 8 and 15 percent Sunday; between 10 to 18
percent Monday.

* 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.