Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
304 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

GREELEY               HOWARD                MERRICK              
NANCE                 

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

POLK                  YORK                  

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

ADAMS                 BUFFALO               CLAY                 
FRANKLIN              FURNAS                GOSPER               
HALL                  HAMILTON              HARLAN               
KEARNEY               NUCKOLLS              PHELPS               
WEBSTER               

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

FILLMORE              THAYER                

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALMA...AURORA...BEAVER CITY...

CENTRAL CITY...CLAY CENTER...ELWOOD...FRANKLIN...FULLERTON...

GENEVA...GRAND ISLAND...GREELEY...HASTINGS...HEBRON...HOLDREGE...

KEARNEY...MINDEN...NELSON...OSCEOLA...RED CLOUD...ST. PAUL...

SUPERIOR AND YORK.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

318 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FOCUSED NEAR AND EAST OF
A LINE FROM GREELEY...TO KEARNEY...TO ALMA NEBRASKA...AND INCLUDING 
ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY 
DEVELOP SOMETIME BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF THE
HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN
AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING AS THEY TRACK 
EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 81 CORRIDOR. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS...DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 70 MPH...AND POSSIBLY A FEW
TORNADOES. ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER PAST MIDNIGHT IN
SOME AREAS...THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE OVER BY
THEN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IS ALSO
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHICH COULD RESULT IN MAINLY LOW
LAND FLOODING ISSUES.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY
WIND AROUND 30 MPH REMAINS POSSIBLE IN MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE 
FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE 
STRONG TO SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY 
WEST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON NEBRASKA TO STOCKTON KANSAS.

THUNDERSTORMS THEN RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AT SOME POINT LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR 
THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM GREELEY...TO
KEARNEY..TO ALMA NEBRASKA...INCLUDING ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

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

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