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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
838 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2026  
 
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND  
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING, OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA  
WILL LIKELY HAVE AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS, DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF WEST-TO-SOUTHWEST WINDS  
GUSTING AT LEAST 20-30 MPH, AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO 10  
TO 20 PERCENT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS, AND IN RESULT WORST FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS, WILL MAINLY BE CONCENTRATED TO OUR KANSAS  
COUNTIES AND SEVERAL OF OUR NEBRASKA COUNTIES SOUTH AND EAST OF A  
LINE FROM KEARNEY COUNTY TO MERRICK COUNTY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS  
IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FROM NOON THROUGH 9PM. PLEASE REFER TO  
THE LATEST WARNING MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  
 
ALSO ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS, IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST  
SMALL PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA COULD REACH NEAR-CRITICAL TO  
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 THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING 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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