Red Flag Warning

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IOWA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 MONONA...FIRE 
WEATHER ZONE 055 HARRISON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 SHELBY...

FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 POTTAWATTAMIE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 
MILLS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 MONTGOMERY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
090 FREMONT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 PAGE. IN NEBRASKA...FIRE 
WEATHER ZONE 033 CUMING...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 BURT...FIRE 
WEATHER ZONE 042 PLATTE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 COLFAX...FIRE 
WEATHER ZONE 044 DODGE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 WASHINGTON...

FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 BUTLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 051 
SAUNDERS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 052 DOUGLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
053 SARPY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 065 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
066 LANCASTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 CASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
068 OTOE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 SALINE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
088 JEFFERSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 GAGE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
090 JOHNSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 NEMAHA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
092 PAWNEE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 RICHARDSON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

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

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 
SPREAD RAPIDLY AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR 
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 

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.