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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
341 AM CDT TUE APR 14 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.
- FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS:
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING, AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP AS FAR NORTH AS ROUGHLY
HIGHWAY 6 IN OUR NEBRASKA FORECAST AREA, DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF
SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AT LEAST 20 MPH, AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FALLING TO AT LEAST 25 PERCENT.
HOWEVER, THE OVERALL-HIGHEST FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL TARGET OUR
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE STATE LINE, WHERE
OUTRIGHT-CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF
STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AT LEAST 25-35 MPH, AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FALLING TO AT LEAST 15-20 PERCENT. AS A RESULT, A RED
FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM FOR MOST OF OUR
COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE NEBRASKA-KANSAS BORDER.
- THUNDERSTORM CHANCES:
ANYTIME AFTER ABOUT 6 PM, AND LASTING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS,
ISOLATED TO PERHAPS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALMOST ANYWHERE IN OUR FORECAST AREA. WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF
THIS HIT-OR-MISS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE FAIRLY WEAK, A FEW STORMS
COULD POSSIBLE BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY-SEVERE, CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS, AND/OR WIND
GUSTS UP TO AROUND 60 MPH. HOWEVER, THE VAST MAJORITY OF
POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL FOCUS
SLIGHTLY EAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA ALTOGETHER.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
- THUNDERSTORM CHANCES:
DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY, A FEW SPOTTY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALMOST ANYWHERE IN OUR FORECAST AREA, BUT THEY ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FOR MAINLY THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA. IT IS
STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS
MIGHT EXIST FOR OUR AREA, OR INSTEAD CONCENTRATE SLIGHTLY OFF TO
OUR SOUTH AND EAST.
- STRONG NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT:
OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WILL HAVE STRONG NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS
FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH
AND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH LIKELY.
- ALMOST DAILY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS:
EACH AFTERNOON BETWEEN THURSDAY AND MONDAY, AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST DEVELOP WITHIN AT LEAST PARTS
OF OUR FORECAST AREA. A FEW DAYS COULD ALSO SEE FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS REACH CRITICAL LEVELS, INCLUDING ALREADY ON THURSDAY.
- SLIGHTLY SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND:
FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE CONCERNS FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND
IMPACTS TO GARDENING OR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, AT LEAST SLIGHTLY SUB-
FREEZING TEMPERATURES APPEAR POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING, BUT WOULD
PROBABLY BE MORE LIKELY SUNDAY MORNING.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
ALTHOUGH THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FORECAST AREA WILL LIKELY NOT
SEE ANY THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY POTENTIAL
INSTANCES OF HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, SHOULD ANY OCCUR.
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS
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