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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 13, 2026, 11:04 AM CDT for 15 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 14, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2026, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2026, 8:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 13, 5:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 5:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:49 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.