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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
239 AM CST THU FEB 26 2026  
 
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND  
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON  
MAINLY WEST OF THE TRI- CITIES AREA FROM DAWSON COUNTY SOUTH TO  
FURNAS COUNTY WITH HUMIDITY DOWN TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AND WIND  
GUSTS APPROACHING 20 MPH. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY  
DEVELOP FURTHER EAST OF THIS AREA.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
 
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS CONTINUE FRIDAY WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY  
RANGING FROM AROUND 15 PERCENT TO 25 PERCENT AREAWIDE. WIND GUSTS  
ARE EXPECTED TO GET UP TO AROUND 15 MPH TO NEAR 25 MPH OUT OF THE  
WEST TO NORTH. FORTUNATELY, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THROUGH  
THE AFTERNOON AS HUMIDITY VALUES DECREASE.  
 
ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE FORECAST UNCERTAINTY, IT IS  
LOOKING MORE POSSIBLE FOR AT LEAST LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO  
RETURN TO OUR AREA SUNDAY. WHILE SNOW APPEARS TO BE THE MOST  
LIKELY PRECIPITATION TYPE, A WINTRY MIX ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  
 

 
 
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  
 

 
 
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