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Hazardous Weather Outlook

National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE

1113 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026



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1113 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2026



This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest

Iowa...west central Iowa...east central Nebraska...northeast

Nebraska and southeast Nebraska.



.DAY ONE...Thursday Evening Through Friday



Very high fire danger is expected this afternoon, particularly

west of a Fairbury to Lincoln to Tekamah line.



.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday night through Thursday



Very warm, very dry air, and breezy conditions will lead to very 

high to extreme fire danger Saturday. A Fire Weather Watch has 

been issued Saturday 11 AM through Sunday 3 AM.



A cool front arrives with gusty northwest winds on Sunday, which

may lead to very high to extreme fire danger once again.



.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...



Spotter activation is not expected at this time.



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