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WWUS83 KGID 090100  
RFWGID  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
800 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026  
 
NEZ039-040-046>048-060>063-072>076-082>085-090200-  
/O.EXP.KGID.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260309T0100Z/  
VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-  
HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-  
WEBSTER-  
800 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND  
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND  
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
 
NOW THAT EVENING HAS SET IN, WIND GUSTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY DROPPED  
BELOW 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY RISE  
WELL ABOVE 20 PERCENT WITH EACH PASSING HOUR. AS A RESULT, TODAY'S  
RED FLAG WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT THIS TIME.  
 
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT BE AS WINDY ACROSS THIS  
AREA ON MONDAY, AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE  
STILL POSSIBLE IN SPOTS, DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE  
HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 10-20 PERCENT, AND WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS  
20-25 MPH.  
 

 
 
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