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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1207 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
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1207 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
DAY ONE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
- LIMITED HEAT CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS:
HEAT INDEX COULD REACH OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED 100 DEGREES...MAINLY IN
PORTIONS OF ROOKS, OSBORNE AND MITCHELL COUNTIES.
- THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND LIMITED SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL:
AT LEAST THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN
THUNDERSTORM-FREE THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM.
THEREAFTER, MAINLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALMOST ANYWHERE IN OUR AREA THROUGH THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. MOST STORMS THAT OCCUR WILL BE WEAK, BUT
THERE IS MAINLY A MARGINAL RISK THAT A FEW COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE, WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING HAIL UP TO AROUND THE SIZE OF
PING PONG BALLS AND/OR WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. ANY SEVERE
STORMS WOULD BE MOST FAVORED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 PM AND 5 AM.
IN ADDITION, VERY LOCALIZED PARTS OF OUR AREA COULD RECEIVE AT
LEAST 1 INCH OF RAIN TONIGHT, WHICH COULD CAUSE MAINLY
MINOR/SHORT-TERM FLOODING ISSUES...ESPECIALLY IF IT FALLS OVER
SOME OF THE SAME PLACES ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAIN.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
- ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND OCCASIONAL SEVERE WEATHER
POTENTIAL, MAINLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY:
MAINLY BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY, THERE WILL BE VARIOUS,
OCCASIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR
FORECAST AREA. THE PREDICTABILITY OF THESE VARIOUS CHANCES,
INCLUDING MOST FAVORED LOCATIONS AND POTENTIAL STORM SEVERITY,
WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE...ESPECIALLY MORE THAN 24 HOURS IN
ADVANCE. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME MOST OR ALL OF OUR FORECAST AREA IS
CURRENTLY ASSIGNED A MARGINAL RISK FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
SEVERE STORMS BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...MAINLY FOR THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY POSSIBLE INSTANCES OF
THUNDERSTORM-RELATED SEVERE WEATHER THAT MIGHT OCCUR TONIGHT.
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS
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