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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED

National Weather Service Hastings NE

952 AM CDT Fri Mar 20 2026



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952 AM CDT Fri Mar 20 2026



This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and

portions of north central Kansas.



.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. 



At least brief/localized near-critical fire weather conditions

could occur in various parts of our forecast area this afternoon,

wherever northerly wind gusts might reach 20 MPH or slightly 

higher. Our entire area will experience very low afternoon 

relative humidity...as low as 10 to 17 percent in most places. 



.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.



From late Saturday morning through late Saturday night-early 

Sunday morning, widespread, outright-critical fire weather 

conditions are likely across our entire forecast area due to a 

combination of record-breaking heat and gusty winds. As a result, 

a Red Flag Warning is in effect area-wide from 11 AM Saturday 

through 4 AM Sunday. Please refer to the Warning statement for 

additional details. 



Each afternoon between Monday and Thursday, at least near-critical

fire weather conditions appear likely across various portions of

our forecast areas...wherever there is an overlap of winds gusting

at least 20 MPH, and relative humidity falling to 25 percent or

lower. Outright-critical conditions appear less widespread, but

currently appear possible on Monday primarily within a few of our

far western counties, and also on Thursday across more of our

area. 



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More information may be obtained at the following web page:

   https://www.weather.gov/hastings



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