Red Flag Warning 35, NWS North Platte, NE

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RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
National Weather Service North Platte NE
415 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

NEZ204-110200-
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Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR-
315 PM MDT Wed Jun 10 2026

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern 
  Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR.

* TIMING...Until 8 PM MDT

* WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 12 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Up to 85.

* IMPACTS...Any fire starts may rapidly grow and spread. Fires 
  will be difficult to control.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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RFWLBF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
901 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026



NEZ204-110315-
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Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR-
801 PM MDT Wed Jun 10 2026

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS 
FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA...

The National Weather Service in North Platte has cancelled the
Red Flag Warning.

The threat for critical fire conditions across western Nebraska
have decreased. Expect light winds overnight with overnight RH
values rising to near 60 to 70 percent. 

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
647 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Low to moderate confidence in severe thunderstorms this
  evening and into the overnight hours with damaging winds and
  hail being the main threats.

- Moderate confidence in below normal temperatures Thursday and
  Thursday night.

- Cool temperatures for the weekend, espousal Sunday. Showers
  will be possible Sunday as well. Temperatures begin to
  moderate the first of next week with mainly dry conditions.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
Issued at 229 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

Active weather will continue through the short term as showers and
thunderstorms are expected again on Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Current guidance suggests the best instability will remain to the
east across eastern Nebraska. Still, some convection may slide into
portions of north central Nebraska. With lesser instability, though,
not anticipating widespread severe thunderstorms. However, some of
these storms will still be capable of producing some hail and gusty
winds. There is some concern that any convection may also not occur
until late in the evening and into the overnight hours. If this
happens, confidence in getting any severe storms is low as any
instability across our region will quickly diminish by late evening.
A stronger storm cannot be ruled out though and may still impact
portions of north central Nebraska.

By Thursday, the severe threat will have shifted even further to the
east and with surface high pressure building into the region, dry
conditions return to the region. Cold air advection behind the
departing system will push 850 mb temperatures in the 9 to 13 C
range into north central Nebraska. This will keep highs on the
cooler side of guidance (5 to 10 degrees below normal) with
forecasted temperatures only in the mid to upper 70s. A few
locations across far southwest Nebraska may rise into the low 80s,
but not expecting most locations to see above 80 on Thursday.

Dry conditions continue into Thursday night as high pressure firmly
settles over the region. Continued CAA into the region into Thursday
night will keep overnight lows nearly 10 degrees cooler than the
previous few days. Expect temperatures to drop into the mid 40s
Thursday night which are nearly 5 to 10 degrees below normals for
this time of year.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Issued at 229 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

Westerly flow aloft will be in place across the area Friday. A subtle
disturbance within the flow will be located across the Rockies. As a
result, leeward troughing will deepen with the low-level flow
becoming southerly. This will help lift a warm front northward into
the area Friday night, with a brief surge of higher theta-e air
surging northward into southern NE. Scattered  convection is possible
overnight as the more moist airmass moves northward and the low-
level jet increases. This will be short lived however, as both the
GFS and ECMWF are in good agreement, and bring settle cooler surface
high pressure into the area Saturday into Sunday.

Ensembles suggest Sunday could be showery and cool. As a strong
disturbance drops from the northern Rockies and then turns eastward
across the Plains. Official forecast is quite cool, with highs only
in the mid 60s across northwest Nebraska and lower 70s to the south
and east. Temperatures do moderate the first of next week beneath
a mostly dry northwest flow aloft.

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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/...
Issued at 640 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

Mainly clear skies are expected during the day Wednesday with
gusty west to northwest winds at 10-20 kts. Winds decrease and
switch to the east-southeast this evening. A broken mid-level
cloud deck develops this evening. Isolated to widely scattered
TSTMS are possible late tonight. VFR conditions are expected to
prevail across all of the area through the period.

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.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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SHORT TERM...RK
LONG TERM...Taylor
AVIATION...Taylor

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
429 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

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429 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 /329 AM MDT Wed Jun 10 2026/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north
central Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Near critical to critical fire weather conditions are expected
today. Recent rainfall has helped with the green-up, and these
conditions will be localized to areas that haven't received
beneficial rain the last dew days.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop later this evening
and overnight tonight. A couple of the storms could contain hail,
generally for areas east and northeast of North Platte across central
Nebraska.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Near critical to critical fire weather conditions are expected
for mainly western Nebraska Thursday and Friday. Recent rainfall has
helped with the green-up, and these conditions will be localized to
areas that haven't received beneficial rain the last dew days.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected.

Taylor