Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Hastings, NE
Issued by NWS Hastings, NE
213 FLUS43 KGID 090137 AAA HWOGID Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Hastings NE 837 PM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 100145- 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- 837 PM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Overnight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. - Monday afternoon fire weather concerns: At least near-criticial fire weather conditions are likely across much of our forecast area, due to the combination of relative humidity as low as 10-20 percent, and generally westerly winds gusting at least 20-25 MPH. Within particularly Dawson and Gosper counties in Nebraska, there does appear to be at least some potential for outright-critical conditions to develop for a few hours, due to slightly stronger wind speeds. - Tuesday evening strong thunderstorm potential: Tuesday evening into early Wednesday morning, thunderstorms will be possible in southern portions of our forecast area...especially in our northern Kansas counties. There is a chance that a few of these storms could become strong to marginally-severe...which would be most favored within Rooks, Osborne and Mitchell counties. Should any stronger storms manage to develop, the main hazard would be hail up to the size of nickels or quarters. - Wednesday through Saturday near-critical to potentially critical fire weather conditions: Each afternoon between Wednesday and Saturday, at least portions of our forecast area are expected to have at least near-critical fire weather conditions, wherever there is a combination of winds gusting at least 20 MPH, and relative humidity 25 percent or lower. A few days could even feature outright-critical conditions...meaning winds gusting at least 25 MPH and relative humidity 20 percent or lower. At this time, Thursday appears to carry the highest potential for critical conditions to affect a larger portion of our forecast areas. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings $$ Pfannkuch