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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
334 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026
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334 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
DAY ONE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING, MUCH OF OUR FORECAST AREA
WILL HAVE NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS, DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF WEST-TO-SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AT LEAST 20 MPH,
AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT. NEAR-CRITICAL
CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST PREVALENT WITHIN COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 80, AND ALSO COUNTIES WEST OF HIGHWAY 281.
HOWEVER, OF GREATEST FIRE WEATHER CONCERN ARE VALLEY AND GREELEY
COUNTIES IN OUR FAR NORTHERN FORECAST AREA, WHICH APPEAR MOST
FAVORED TO SEE WIND GUSTS FREQUENTLY REACH AT LEAST 25 MPH, THUS
MEETING CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. AS A RESULT, A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM FOR VALLEY AND GREELEY COUNTIES.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING, OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA
WILL LIKELY HAVE AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS,
DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF WEST-TO-SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AT LEAST
20-25 MPH, AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT.
HOWEVER, IT IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY-LIKELY THAT OUTRIGHT-CRITICAL
CONDITIONS WILL ALSO LIKELY DEVELOP IN PARTS OF OUR
AREA...PARTICULARLY OUR KANSAS COUNTIES AND ALSO SEVERAL OF OUR
NEBRASKA COUNTIES MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281...AS THESE AREAS WILL
LIKELY SEE STRONGER WINDS GUSTING AT LEAST 25-30 MPH.
ALSO ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS, IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST
SMALL PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA COULD REACH CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND THIS POTENTIAL WILL BE MONITORED OVER THE
COMING DAYS.
OUR NEXT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARRIVE TO AT LEAST PORTIONS OF OUR
FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT AT LEAST
FOR NOW, ANY POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS FAIRLY LOW.
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS
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