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WWUS83 KGID 212206
RFWGID
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
506 PM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT
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220615-
/O.CON.KGID.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-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-
506 PM 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 EVENING, OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST, SUSTAINED
MAINLY 10 TO 15 MPH AND GUSTING UP TO 20 TO 25 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 10 TO 20 PERCENT THIS EVENING, BUT
INCREASING TO 30 TO 60 PERCENT BY THE TIME THIS WARNING EXPIRES
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL SPREAD QUICKLY. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THIS EVENING, WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM WHAT
THEY WERE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY. HOWEVER,
LINGERING EFFECTS OF RECORD-BREAKING HEAT AND UNUSUALLY-LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL STILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. OVERNIGHT, THE MAIN CONCERN IS THAT ANY POTENTIAL
ONGOING FIRES WILL BE SUBJECT TO A SHARP/ABRUPT SHIFT TO STRONG
NORTH WINDS BEHIND A SURGING COLD FRONT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE NORTH
WINDS WILL NOT REACH COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE KANSAS
BORDER UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER THIS WARNING OFFICIALLY 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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