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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1112 AM MDT WED APR 22 2026
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SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1112 AM MDT WED APR 22 2026 /1212 PM CDT WED APR 22 2026/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM MCCOOK, NEBRASKA, TO LEOTI, KANSAS, FROM LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT AND
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER. IN
ADDITION, AFTERNOON STORMS MAY PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING WHICH CAN
TRIGGER WILDFIRES. EXPECT UNPREDICTABLE FIRE BEHAVIOR. ANY FIRES THAT
DEVELOP MAY RAPIDLY GROW AND SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL.
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP BETWEEN NOON AND 2PM MT
THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF THE KANSAS AND COLORADO BORDER AND
MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DISSIPATING BETWEEN 5PM
AND 8PM MT. SOME STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF UP
TO 60 MPH, ISOLATED LARGE HAIL, AND BLOWING DUST AND LOCALIZED DUST
STORMS. HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING DUST MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES, IN AND NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THURSDAY, A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA DUE
TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30
MPH. DRY LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. FIRES MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS BLOWING
DUST AND LOCALIZED DUST STORMS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO
WIND AND REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA IS ANTICIPATED.
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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