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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
250 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2026
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
DAY ONE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
- HEAT CONCERNS IN KANSAS:
THROUGH 9 PM, A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES
IN OUR KANSAS FORECAST AREA, AS THIS PORTION OF OUR AREA IS MOST
FAVORED TO SEE HEAT INDEX CLIMB TO AT LEAST 100-110 DEGREES.
- THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER:
MAINLY BETWEEN 5-8 PM, A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD DEVELOP INTO
EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF OUR AREA...MAINLY IN OR NEAR
MITCHELL COUNTY KANSAS. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, MARGINALLY-SEVERE WIND
GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL.
THEN, BETWEEN 9 PM AND 1 AM, THUNDERSTORMS BECOME INCREASINGLY-
LIKELY OVER MORE OF OUR FORECAST AREA, AS THEY DEVELOP AND/OR
MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE, WITH THE PRIMARY CONCERN BEING WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 65
MPH, AND A LESSER THREAT OF HAIL UP TO AROUND THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS. OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE STORMS IS THE
SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT OF OUR AREA...COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA AND
KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 281, AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 6.
AFTER 1 AM, CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD LARGELY END, BUT
MAINLY WEAK, ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR
THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
- SEVERAL MORE/INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
COMING DAYS:
BETWEEN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT, THERE WILL BE
SEVERAL/INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 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 FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY...MAINLY FOR THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.
- LIMITED HEAT CONCERNS CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY, MAINLY IN
KANSAS:
ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS HOT AS PREVIOUS DAYS, PORTIONS OF PRIMARILY
OUR KANSAS COUNTIES WILL SEE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS REACH
OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED 100 DEGREES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND/OR HAIL THAT MIGHT OCCUR THROUGH THIS
EVENING.
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS
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