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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
258 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
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258 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
DAY ONE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
- HEAT CONCERNS:
THROUGH 9 PM, A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL SIX
COUNTIES IN OUR KANSAS FORECAST AREA, AS THIS PORTION OF OUR AREA
IS MOST FAVORED TO SEE HEAT INDEX CLIMB AS HIGH AS 100 TO 110
DEGREES.
- OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER:
MAINLY AFTER 11 PM, THERE WILL BE INCREASING CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING INTO PARTS OF OUR AREA FROM WEST-TO-EAST,
POSSIBLY IN THE FORM OF A LARGER-SCALE LINE OR STORM COMPLEX. IT
CURRENTLY APPEARS THAT THE HIGHEST CHANCES AND COVERAGE OF STORMS
WILL FOCUS WITHIN NEBRASKA COUNTIES ALONG AND ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80, WITH STORM CHANCES BECOMING MUCH LOWER FARTHER
SOUTH IN OUR AREA. THERE IS A MARGINAL TO SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE, WITH THE PRIMARY CONCERN BEING WIND GUSTS
UP TO AROUND 65 MPH, BUT ALSO A SMALL CHANCE OF HAIL UP TO AROUND
THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
- SEVERAL MORE/INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
COMING DAYS:
THROUGH TUESDAY, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL/INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR FORECAST AREA. AT LEAST
SPOTTY/LIMITED SEVERE STORM ACTIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT TIMES,
AND NEARLY OUR ENTIRE AREA IS CURRENTLY UNDER A MARGINAL RISK FOR
A FEW SEVERE STORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MAINLY FOR THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.
SPECIFICALLY FOR THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, ANY CHANCE FOR
POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS IN OUR AREA SHOULD MAINLY FOCUS BETWEEN
7 PM AND 2 AM, WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO
AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERNS.
- CONTINUED HEAT CONCERNS THROUGH SATURDAY, MAINLY IN KANSAS:
EACH AFTERNOON THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, PORTIONS OF PRIMARILY
OUR KANSAS FORECAST AREA ARE FORECAST TO SEE HEAT INDEX REACH AT
LEAST 100-105 DEGREES. ON THURSDAY, A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR ROOKS, OSBORNE AND MITCHELL COUNTIES, WHERE HEAT INDEX
COULD TOP OUT AT LEAST 105-110 DEGREES.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND/OR HAIL THAT MIGHT OCCUR OVERNIGHT MAINLY
IN OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES.
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS
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