Severe Thunderstorm Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

NORTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BARTLETT...OR 33 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...AND MOVING
NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

FOUR CORNERS...GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AND
KNIEVELS CORNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4220 9880 4218 9830 4185 9844 4184 9862
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 178DEG 40KT 4194 9851
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN

Hazardous Weather Outlook

338 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /238 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES
EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS EAST OF A BROKEN
BOW TO ONEILL LINE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA COMBINED WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 61 FROM HYANNIS TO IMPERIAL.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A STORM 
SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND ONTO THE PLAINS.

WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANOTHER SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE NEXT WEEKEND WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PLAINS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...

HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE

There are currently no Special Weather Statements O'Neill / Baker Field, .

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts O'Neill / Baker Field, .