Severe Weather Alerts

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY...

* 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...Noon CDT/11am MDT until Monday 1 AM CDT/ Midnight MDT
Tuesday

* WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Up to 85.

* LIGHTNING...Dry Lightning

* IMPACTS...Any fire starts may spread rapidly and 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.