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WWUS83 KGID 211420
RFWGID
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
920 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY INTO TONIGHT
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220200-
/O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0010.260321T1600Z-260322T0900Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
920 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA
AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* WINDS...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING, OUT OF THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST, SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTING UP TO AROUND 25 TO
30 MPH. THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT 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 10 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON,
REMAINING UNDER 20 TO 25 PERCENT THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING,
THEN EVENTUALLY 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL NOT BE OVERLY-STRONG, RECORD-BREAKING HEAT AND UNUSUALLY-
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL STILL 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
NORTH WINDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEHIND A SURGING COLD FRONT.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL NOT REACH
COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE KANSAS BORDER UNTIL AFTER THIS
WARNING EXPIRES.
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.
PFANNKUCH
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