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Red Flag Warning
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
319 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.AS THE PLAINS REMAIN UNDER AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE...A SURFACE LOW
WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE PLAINS TUESDAY EVENING. AHEAD
OF THIS FRONT...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY. HOT TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY ON
TUESDAY...AND THE MIXING OF DRY AIR INTO THE PLAINS WILL HELP
DECREASE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO CRITICAL LEVELS. THIS IN
COMBINATION WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE EXPLOSIVE
FIRE GROWTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-086-087-140830-
/O.NEW.KGID.FW.A.0003.130514T1600Z-130515T0200Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
319 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 039...040...041...046...047...048...049...060...
061...062...063...064...072...073...074...075...076...077...
086 AND 087...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEBRASKA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 039 VALLEY...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 GREELEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 041 NANCE...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 046 SHERMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 HOWARD...
   FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048 MERRICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 POLK...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 060 DAWSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 BUFFALO...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 HALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 HAMILTON...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 YORK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 072 GOSPER...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 PHELPS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 KEARNEY...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ADAMS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 CLAY...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 FILLMORE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086
  NUCKOLLS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 THAYER.

* WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING WINDS SPEEDS WITH
  THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT. LOCATIONS MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A
  LINE FROM RED CLOUD TO OSCEOLA NEBRASKA WILL LIKELY HAVE
  STRONGER WINDS. AREAS NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE ARE MORE MARGINAL
  BUT STRONGER WINDS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INVOLVING FLAMES OR SPARKS
  SHOULD BE AVOIDED. SHOULD WILDFIRES DEVELOP...THEY WILL SPREAD
  RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING
  SHOULD BE POSTPONED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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SALTZMAN
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
