2 products issued by NWS for:
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service North Platte NE 402 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-090915- Sheridan-Eastern Cherry-Keya Paha-Boyd-Brown-Rock-Holt-Garden-Grant- Hooker-Thomas-Blaine-Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Arthur-McPherson-Logan- Custer-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Lincoln-Chase-Hayes-Frontier- Western Cherry- 402 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026 /302 AM MDT Sun Mar 8 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The combination of warm temperatures, low humidity, and breezy west winds will lead to near critical fire weather concerns this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. A combination of well above average temperatures, dry conditions, and gusty southwest winds will lead to increasing fire weather concerns Monday. A Fire Weather Watch has been issued for much of western and central Nebraska for Monday afternoon. Additional fire weather threats are expected for late week, especially Thursday afternoon across western Nebraska. Warm temperatures will combine with dry air and strong west winds gusting as high as 45 to 55 miles per hour Thursday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$
Fire Weather Watch
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 1256 AM CST Sun Mar 8 2026 NEZ204-206-208-210-082100- /O.NEW.KLBF.FW.A.0005.260309T1600Z-260310T0100Z/ Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR- Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Frenchman Basin- 1256 AM CST Sun Mar 8 2026 /1156 PM MST Sat Mar 7 2026/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY, NEAR RECORD WARMTH, AND GUSTY WINDS FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA... The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Fire Weather Watch for low humidity, near record warmth, and gusty winds, which is in effect from late Monday morning through early Monday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 204 Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest, Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest and Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin. * TIMING...11 AM CDT/ 10 AM MDT to 8 PM CDT/ 7 PM MDT Monday * WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 14 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Climbing into the middle to upper 70s. * LIGHTNING...None expected. * IMPACTS...Any fire starts will have a high potential to spread rapidly and will be difficult to control. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$