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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
922 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2025
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
DAY ONE
OVERNIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBLE WEATHER CONCERNS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
DETAILS FOLLOW IN GENERALLY CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
- FRIDAY AFTERNOON NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER:
ELEVATED TO NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
FOR A FEW HOURS FRIDAY AFTERNOON PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM YORK TO RED CLOUD NEBRASKA, TO PLAINVILLE KANSAS. THESE AREAS
ARE MOST FAVORED TO EXPERIENCE BOTH SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AT
LEAST 25 TO 35 MPH, ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS AROUND
25 PERCENT.
- FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL:
PRIMARILY BETWEEN 3 AND 10 PM, ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALMOST ANYWHERE IN OUR AREA. WHILE MOST, IF NOT
ALL OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE FAIRLY WEAK, THERE IS A MARGINAL
RISK THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE, PARTICULARLY
WITHIN NEBRASKA COUNTIES EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. SHOULD ANY SEVERE
STORMS DEVELOP, THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS, AND/OR WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 60 MPH. ALTHOUGH A VERY
LOW PROBABILITY, A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT.
- FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS:
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT OUR ENTIRE AREA ON THE BACKSIDE
OF DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND
GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE COMMON, PARTICULARLY FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE OVERALL-HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS
OF AT LEAST 50 MPH WILL FOCUS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN
NEBRASKA, WHERE A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE REFER TO
THE WATCH STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.
- SATURDAY MORNING SNOW POTENTIAL:
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT RAIN COULD TURN TO SLUSHY, WET SNOW FOR A
FEW HOURS SATURDAY MORNING, MAINLY IN NEBRASKA COUNTIES NORTH AND
NORTHEAST OF THE TRI CITIES. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION APPEARS VERY
MINIMAL, LIKELY ONE-HALF INCH OR LESS, BUT VISIBILITY COULD BE
REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
- SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEAR-CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER:
DESPITE COOLER TEMPERATURES, THE COMBINATION OF NORTHWEST WINDS
GUSTING AT LEAST 30 TO 40 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15
TO 25 PERCENT WILL PROMOTE WIDESPREAD NEAR-CRITICAL TO CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
BRIEFLY LOOKING BEYOND SATURDAY, AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF OUR AREA EACH
AFTERNOON FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ANY POSSIBLE
DAMAGE FROM STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY,
AND ALSO ANY MEASUREMENTS OF POSSIBLE SNOW THAT MIGHT OCCUR
SATURDAY MORNING.
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS
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