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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
429 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2014

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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-
429 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NEAR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH VERY
LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS. AT THIS TIME...
CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST IN HUMIDITY LEVELS DROPPING BELOW 20
PERCENT. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS.
WHILE THIS FIRE DANGER WILL ENCOMPASS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...
THE GREATEST RISK OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ORD...TO
KEARNEY...TO FRANKLIN.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 183. SUSTAINED WINDS NEARING 30 MPH WILL
OCCUR AT TIMES...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS POTENTIAL
WIND HAZARD MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED TO MORE OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
WITH LATER FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

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