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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
241 PM MDT THU APR 23 2009

...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES AND ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON...

.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

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SCOTTSBLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT AND THE WILDCAT HILLS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA-
241 PM MDT THU APR 23 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...FOR VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED
DRY THUNDERSTORMS...UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:
IN NEBRASKA...202

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 25 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EARLY EVENING. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE ALSO 
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE...CREATING
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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CARPENTER