Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Omaha, NE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1105 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

...NEBRASKA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF NEBRASKA.  THE GREATEST THREAT
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF OMAHA
TO GRAND ISLAND...AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GRAND ISLAND TO SUPERIOR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE
STORMS WHICH WITH THE SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT RAINS RESULT IN
RUNOFF PROBLEMS.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE JUST WEST OF HILL CITY KANSAS LATE SATURDAY
MORNING WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST TO JUST WEST OF OMAHA BY EARLY EVENING.
A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM THE LOW ALONG THE NEBRASKA/KANSAS STATE
LINE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH INTO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE
AIR WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THIS WARM FRONT ALONG WITH PARTLY
SUNNY SKIES OVER MUCH OF KANSAS LATE SATURDAY MORNING.

AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA...THE RAIN WILL END AND
SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE THE DESTABLIZE
RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOS.

CIVIL DEFENSE...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE
SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF NEBRASKA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR
ACTIVATION AS NECESSARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.

PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS AND LATER STATEMENTS.

SKERRITT/WIESE