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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
727 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026  
 
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727 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND  
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  
   
DAY ONE  
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON  
ACROSS THE AREA, DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
FALLING TO AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT, AND WINDS GUSTING AT LEAST  
20 MPH.  
 
A COUPLE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING  
MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO RED CLOUD NEBRASKA,  
TO BELOIT KANSAS. LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE,  
BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN  
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
 
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ANOTHER ROUND OF NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF OUR AREA.  
 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AT LEAST SPOTTY THUNDERSTORM  
ACTIVITY IS LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF OUR FORECAST AREA. ALTHOUGH  
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING POTENTIAL STORM  
STRENGTH, IT CURRENTLY APPEARS THAT A FEW COULD BE STRONG TO  
PERHAPS MARGINALLY-SEVERE, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE  
NEBRASKA-KANSAS BORDER.  
 
LOOKING INTO NEXT WEEK, NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
COULD AGAIN BECOME A CONCERN MONDAY AND TUESDAY.  
 
 
 
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  
 
 
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