Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 304 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

NEC001-003-011-019-021-023-027-035-037-039-043-051-053-055-059-
061-065-073-077-079-081-083-093-099-107-109-119-121-125-129-137-
139-141-143-151-153-155-159-167-169-173-177-179-181-185-
280500-
/O.CON.KWNS.SV.A.0304.000000T0000Z-120528T0500Z/

NE 

.    NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS                ANTELOPE            BOONE               
BUFFALO              BURT                BUTLER              
CEDAR                CLAY                COLFAX              
CUMING               DAKOTA              DIXON               
DODGE                DOUGLAS             FILLMORE            
FRANKLIN             FURNAS              GOSPER              
GREELEY              HALL                HAMILTON            
HARLAN               HOWARD              KEARNEY             
KNOX                 LANCASTER           MADISON             
MERRICK              NANCE               NUCKOLLS            
PHELPS               PIERCE              PLATTE              
POLK                 SALINE              SARPY               
SAUNDERS             SEWARD              STANTON             
THAYER               THURSTON            WASHINGTON          
WAYNE                WEBSTER             YORK

Hazardous Weather Outlook

453 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OCCURRING MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
HARLAN IOWA TO BEATRICE...WITH SUPERCELL STORM DEVELOPMENT LIKELY.

HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AS WELL AS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE MAINLY
OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY TOWARD MIDNIGHT AND
SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN
IOWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

STORMS WILL OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH UP TO THREE
INCHES POSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
LAST FEW DAYS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A FEW
COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA FOR TONIGHT
AS WELL. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING THOUGH WILL BE A THREAT OVER MOST
LOCATIONS.

BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND THE MAGNITUDE OF STORMS
EXPECTED...CAMPERS ESPECIALLY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE SEVERE STORM
THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY
AS ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE ISSUED LATER TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN
EASTERN NEBRASKA.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Omaha, Millard Airport, .

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Omaha, Millard Airport, .