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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1203 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026
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SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
1203 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TODAY TO 4 AM
CDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* WINDS...TODAY INTO THIS EVENING, OUT OF THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST...SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTING 20 TO 30 MPH.
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING,
ABRUPTLY TURNING NORTHERLY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT AND
GUSTING AT LEAST 40 TO 50 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON,
THEN INCREASING TO 30 TO 50 PERCENT BY THE TIME THE WARNING
EXPIRES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...ALTHOUGH WINDS TODAY WILL NOT BE OVERLY-
STRONG WITH GUSTS MAINLY UNDER 30 MPH, RECORD-BREAKING HEAT AND
VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL NONETHELESS PROMOTE DANGEROUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ADDING TO THE CONCERN, ANY FIRES THAT
MIGHT START TODAY WILL THEN BE SUBJECT TO A SHARP/ABRUPT SHIFT
TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEHIND A SURGING
COLD FRONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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