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Marginal Risk for Storms with Damaging Winds

A red flag warning is in effect this afternoon for far SW Nebraska. Any fire starts have a high probability to spread rapidly and be difficult to control.

Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms develop this afternoon and move across the southeastern Panhandle and southwest Nebraska near a southward moving cold front. Increased potential for isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph. The period of greatest risk is from 2 pm to 6 pm CST.