Weather Alerts For Elsmere, NE

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 308 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest- Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest-Loup Rivers Basin-Frenchman Basin-Loess Plains- 308 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026 /208 AM MDT Thu Mar 19 2026/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR RECORD HEAT, LOW HUMIDITY, GUSTY WEST AFTERNOON WINDS, AND A SHARP FRONT WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS LATE FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a Fire Weather Watch for record heat, critically low humidity, gusty west afternoon winds, and increasing north winds behind a sharp front late, which is in effect from Saturday morning through late Saturday night. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 206 Sandhills/Valentine NWR/Nebraska National Forest, Fire Weather Zone 208 Niobrara Valley/Fort Niobrara NWR/Samuel R McKelvie National Forest, Fire Weather Zone 209 Loup Rivers Basin, Fire Weather Zone 210 Frenchman Basin and Fire Weather Zone 219 Loess Plains. * TIMING...Saturday morning through late Saturday night. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts around 25 mph, increasing up to 45 mph out of the north late behind a passing front. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Falling to 10 to 15 percent range. * TEMPERATURES...Upper 80s to middle 90s. * LIGHTNING...None expected. * IMPACTS...Any fire starts will have a high potential to spread rapidly and will be difficult to control. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A sharp frontal boundary will arrive from the north late in the day Saturday, producing an abrupt wind shift and gusts up to 45 mph during the evening and overnight hours. 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. &&