403  
WWUS83 KGID 150639  
RFWGID  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
139 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
   
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY  
 
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152100-  
/O.NEW.KGID.FW.A.0010.260416T1700Z-260417T0300Z/  
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-  
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-  
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-  
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-  
139 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH  
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A FIRE  
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN  
EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH, SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH, AND GUSTING AT  
LEAST 25 TO 30 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 PERCENT.  
 
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. OUTDOOR  
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
 
 
PFANNKUCH  
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