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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
328 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2026  
 
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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-  
328 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND  
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  
   
DAY ONE  
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
- LIMITED HEAT CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON, FAR SOUTHWEST:  
THIS AFTERNOON, HEAT INDEX READINGS COULD REACH OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED  
100 DEGREES IN FAR SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST  
AREA...PRIMARILY WITHIN FURNAS, PHILLIPS AND ROOKS COUNTIES.  
 
- EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL:  
BETWEEN 7 PM AND MIDNIGHT, A BAND OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO ROUGHLY THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF OUR  
FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST. WHILE MOST STORMS SHOULD BE RATHER  
WEAK, A FEW COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO  
AROUND 50 MPH, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF OUR FAR WESTERN AND  
NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES SUCH AS VALLEY, SHERMAN, DAWSON AND GOSPER.  
AFTER MIDNIGHT, MAINLY SPOTTY/WEAK STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALMOST  
ANYWHERE IN OUR AREA.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  
 
- TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL:  
WHILE MOST PLACES WILL REMAIN DRY MOST OF THE TIME, ISOLATED TO  
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALMOST ANYWHERE IN OUR  
FORECAST AREA BETWEEN TUESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,  
WITH THE OVERALL-HIGHEST CHANCES AND COVERAGE CURRENTLY EXPECTED  
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY  
OVER THE COURSE OF THESE TWO DAYS SHOULD BE FAIRLY WEAK, BUT A  
FEW STORMS ESPECIALLY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING  
COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE AT LEAST SMALL HAIL.  
 
- POSSIBLE WEEKEND HEAT CONCERNS:  
ALTHOUGH STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY AND SUBJECT TO FORECAST  
ADJUSTMENTS, IT APPEARS THAT A MULTIPLE-DAY STRETCH OF FAIRLY HOT  
WEATHER COULD ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND, AND PERHAPS LAST INTO THE  
FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. IF THIS OCCURS, AT LEAST PARTS OF OUR  
AREA WOULD LIKELY SEE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX REACH AT LEAST 100  
DEGREES.  
 
 
 
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  
 
 
 
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