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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1046 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
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1046 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
DAY ONE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
- THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER:
DURING THE DAY TODAY, SPOTTY AND LIKELY WEAK THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALMOST ANYWHERE IN OUR FORECAST AREA, BUT MOST
PLACES WILL REMAIN STORM-FREE.
LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, ESPECIALLY AFTER 11 PM, THERE
WILL BE INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING INTO
PARTS OF OUR AREA FROM THE WEST, POSSIBLY IN THE FORM OF A LARGER-
SCALE LINE OR STORM COMPLEX. IT CURRENTLY APPEARS THAT THE
HIGHEST CHANCES AND COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL FOCUS WITHIN NEBRASKA
COUNTIES ALONG AND ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80, WITH CHANCES
MUCH LOWER FARTHER SOUTH IN OUR AREA. THERE IS A MARGINAL TO
SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW STORMS TONIGHT COULD BE SEVERE, WITH THE
PRIMARY HAZARD BEING WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 60 MPH, BUT ALSO A
SMALL CHANCE OF HAIL UP TO AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
- HEAT CONCERNS:
A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM FOR ALL SIX COUNTIES IN
OUR KANSAS FORECAST AREA, AS THIS PART OF OUR AREA IS MOST FAVORED
TO SEE HEAT INDEX CLIMB AS HIGH AS 100 TO 108 DEGREES. IN OUR
NEBRASKA COUNTIES, HEAT INDEX SHOULD REMAIN UNDER 100 DEGREES IN
MOST PLACES.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
- SEVERAL MORE/INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
COMING DAYS:
ESPECIALLY THROUGH MONDAY, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL/INTERMITTENT
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR FORECAST AREA.
AT LEAST SPOTTY/LIMITED SEVERE STORM ACTIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT
AT TIMES, AND NEARLY OUR ENTIRE AREA IS CURRENTLY UNDER A MARGINAL
RISK FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MAINLY FOR THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.
- CONTINUED HEAT CONCERNS THROUGH SATURDAY, MAINLY IN KANSAS:
EACH AFTERNOON THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, PORTIONS OF PRIMARILY
OUR KANSAS FORECAST AREA COULD SEE HEAT INDEX REACH AT LEAST
100-105 DEGREES.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND/OR HAIL THAT MIGHT OCCUR OVERNIGHT MAINLY IN
OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES.
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS
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