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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
331 PM CDT Thu Apr 11 2024

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331 PM CDT Thu Apr 11 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and
portions of north central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Late This Afternoon and Tonight.

Through 8 PM, a Red Flag Warning for critical fire weather
conditions remains in effect for the entire outlook area. Please
refer to the Warning statement for more details.

In addition to the fire weather concerns, particularly counties
from around the Nebraska Tri Cities and farther north and east
will see moderately-strong winds continue into early this evening,
with sustained speeds around 30 MPH and gusts of 40 to 45 MPH
likely.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

On Friday afternoon, near-critical fire weather conditions will
develop within north central Kansas, along with Nebraska counties
along and west of Highway 281, due to the combination of
southerly winds gusting 20 to 25 MPH, and relative humidity down
to around 20 percent. For Nebraska counties east of Highway 281,
winds will be a bit lighter, holding down the fire threat.

Each afternoon from Saturday through Wednesday, except for Sunday
when winds will be lighter, at least parts of the area are
forecast to observe at least near-critical fire weather
conditions due to the combination of breezy to windy conditions,
and relative humidity down to at least 20 to 25 percent. At this
time, the most favored days to perhaps have outright-critical
conditions are Saturday mainly in north central Kansas, and
Monday mainly within counties west of Highway 281.

Monday into Tuesday, a powerful low pressure system will pass
through the region. Although details are still somewhat unclear,
thunderstorms will be possible across nearly our entire area
Monday evening into Tuesday, and there is a Slight Risk that some
storms especially Monday evening and overnight could be severe.
Details will gradually become clearer with time, so stay tuned to
future forecast updates for additional information

In addition to any thunderstorm threat, this system will probably
produce strong winds area-wide, with the potential for sustained
speeds at least 30 MPH and gusts at least 45 MPH, initially out of
the south-southeast Monday afternoon into Monday night, and then
shifting to out of the west-northwest Tuesday.

.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:
   https://www.weather.gov/hastings

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