Fire Weather Watches in Nebraska
856 fire weather watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 856
- Busiest year
- 2012118 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 41over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County184
- Cherry County172
- Dundy County165
- Arthur County154
- Deuel County154
- Garden County154
- Grant County154
- Keith County154
- Sheridan County154
- Chase County151
- Hayes County151
- Perkins County151
- Hitchcock County131
- Holt County130
- Brown County126
- Rock County126
- Blaine County122
- Hooker County122
- Logan County122
- McPherson County122
- Thomas County122
- Frontier County117
- Red Willow County116
- Furnas County111
- Harlan County104
- Custer County100
- Garfield County100
- Loup County100
- Wheeler County100
- Dawson County99
- Gosper County99
- Phelps County98
- Boyd County92
- Keya Paha County92
- Buffalo County86
- Franklin County84
- Sherman County81
- Valley County80
- Kearney County76
- Hall County75
53 more counties
- Webster County74
- Adams County73
- Greeley County73
- Howard County72
- Nuckolls County65
- Clay County64
- Merrick County61
- Hamilton County60
- Thayer County60
- Sioux County60
- Nance County59
- Antelope County57
- Boone County57
- Fillmore County57
- York County56
- Pierce County55
- Polk County55
- Knox County54
- Madison County54
- Platte County54
- Banner County53
- Cheyenne County53
- Morrill County53
- Cedar County52
- Colfax County52
- Dawes County52
- Cuming County51
- Seward County51
- Butler County50
- Wayne County50
- Saline County49
- Stanton County49
- Scotts Bluff County49
- Jefferson County47
- Thurston County47
- Kimball County47
- Gage County46
- Lancaster County45
- Saunders County45
- Box Butte County45
- Dodge County44
- Burt County42
- Douglas County41
- Cass County40
- Johnson County40
- Pawnee County40
- Sarpy County40
- Otoe County39
- Washington County38
- Nemaha County36
- Richardson County36
- Dixon County33
- Dakota County32
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 11:09 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:43 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | Dawes, Sioux | 40 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | Dawes, Sioux | 11 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:43 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 13 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:47 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:29 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:44 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:49 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:37 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:54 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:39 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 22 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.