Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Hastings, NE
Issued by NWS Hastings, NE
099 FLUS43 KGID 182240 AAA HWOGID Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Hastings NE 540 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 192245- 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- 540 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. - Thunderstorm chances and limited severe weather potential: The vast majority of our forecast area will remain thunderstorm- free through at least 10 PM, and in many places until sometime after midnight. However, especially very late tonight into early Wednesday morning, mainly isolated to scattered storm activity will be possible almost anywhere in our area. Most storms that occur will be weak, but there is mainly a Marginal Risk that a few could be strong to severe, with the main hazards being hail up to around the size of ping pong balls and/or wind gusts to around 60 MPH. In addition, very localized parts of our area could receive at least 1 inch of rain overnight, which could cause mainly minor/short- term flooding issues...especially if rain falls over some of the same places already saturated from earlier rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. - Additional thunderstorm chances and occasional severe weather potential, mainly Wednesday through Sunday: Mainly between Wednesday and Sunday, there will be various, occasional chances for thunderstorms within various parts of our forecast area. The predictability of these various chances, including most favored locations and potential storm severity, will be difficult to determine...especially more than 24 hours in advance. However, at this time our entire area is assigned a Marginal Risk for perhaps a few severe storms Wednesday daytime into Wednesday evening, with another Marginal Risk for primarily our Nebraska counties north of Interstate 80 for Thursday late afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any possible instances of thunderstorm-related severe weather that might occur tonight. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings $$ Pfannkuch