Red Flag Warning Issued for Central and North Central Wyoming
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NOAA issued it on August 10, 2026, 13 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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NWS Riverton has issued a Red Flag Warning from noon to 9 PM MDT today for critical fire weather conditions across multiple Wyoming counties.
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- Record type
- Red Flag Warning
- Affected area
- Central and North Central Wyoming
- Issued
- August 10, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Riverton WY
Fire-weather notices describe conditions that can support rapid fire spread; they do not report that a fire is present. Check local emergency sources for any active incident.
Record status: historical. It was issued 13 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Central and North Central Wyoming.
Alert Details
A Red Flag Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service in Riverton WY. The alert is effective from 12:00 PM MDT on August 10, 2026, to 9:00 PM MDT on August 10, 2026.
Affected Areas
The warning covers Upper Wind River Basin/Wind River Basin; Owl Creek Mountains; Granite/Green/Ferris/Rattlesnake Mountains. Affected fire zones include Central WY zones 283 and 289, and North Central WY zone 287. Counties affected are Fremont and Natrona in Central WY, Hot Springs in North Central WY, and Sweetwater in Southwest WY.
What You Should Do
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.
Expected Conditions
Low humidities, hot temperatures, strong gusty winds, and dry thunderstorms with gusty and erratic outflow winds could cause erratic fire behavior. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Wind gusts up to 55 mph possible from thunderstorm outflows. Humidity as low as 11 percent. Highs in the middle 90s, or around 90 in zone 287.
Timeline
The warning is in effect from noon today until 9 PM MDT this evening.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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