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FLUS43 KGID 090856  
HWOGID  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
256 AM CST MON FEB 9 2026  
 
NEZ039>041-046>049-061>063-100900-  
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-  
HAMILTON-  
256 AM CST MON FEB 9 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST COUNTIES IN  
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THAT RESIDE ALONG THE PLATTE,  
NORTH LOUP, MIDDLE LOUP, SOUTH LOUP AND LOUP RIVERS.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
- NEAR-CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON:  
DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF WINDS GUSTING AT LEAST 20 MPH AND  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AS LOW AS 15-20 IN THE PRESENCE OF  
UNSEASONABLY-WARM TEMPERATURES, AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE  
AREA. HOWEVER, OF OVERALL-GREATEST FIRE WEATHER CONCERN ARE  
VALLEY, GREELEY, SHERMAN AND HOWARD COUNTIES, WHICH APPEAR TO  
CARRY THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR WINDS TO GUST AROUND 25 MPH FOR  
AT LEAST THREE HOURS. AS A RESULT, A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT  
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FOUR COUNTIES.  
 
- LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME:  
UNSEASONABLY-WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE CONTINUED, STEADY ICE  
MELT AND ICE MOVEMENT ALONG THE PLATTE AND LOUP RIVER SYSTEMS,  
ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM ICE JAMS.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  
 
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY, ICE WILL CONTINUE TO MELT AND MOVE  
DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE PLATTE AND LOUP RIVER SYSTEMS, PERHAPS  
CAUSING LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
IF ANY ICE JAM FLOODING IS OBSERVED OBSERVED ALONG AREA RIVERS,  
PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS.  
 

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

 
 
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ060-064-072>077-082>087-100900-  
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-DAWSON-YORK-GOSPER-  
PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-  
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-  
256 AM CST MON FEB 9 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL  
KANSAS, ALONG WITH SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA COUNTIES THAT RESIDE  
MAINLY SOUTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
- NEAR-CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON:  
DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF WINDS GUSTING AT LEAST 15-20 MPH AND  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AT LEAST AS LOW AS 15-20 IN THE  
PRESENCE OF UNSEASONABLY-WARM TEMPERATURES, AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL  
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE  
ENTIRE AREA. HOWEVER, OF OVERALL-GREATEST FIRE WEATHER CONCERN ARE  
ROOKS, OSBORNE AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IN KANSAS, WHICH APPEAR TO  
CARRY THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR WINDS TO GUST AT LEAST 25 MPH  
FOR AT LEAST THREE HOURS. AS A RESULT, A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN  
EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THOSE THREE COUNTIES.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  
 
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.  
 

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

 
 
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