Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Hastings, NE

CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
120 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 1998

...TROUBLE CONFINED TO THE 1ST 12 HRS OF FCST W/ TSRA CHCS AS RATHER
   IMPRESSIVE TROF SWINGS OUT OVER AREA TODAY...

WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF W/ THREAT FOR CONVECTION INCREASING ACROSS SRN
PARTS OF THE CWA ATT. SAT PIX EARLY THIS AM HAD MAIN SPIN LOCATED OVER
NRN NM. ONE AREA OF SHRA/TSRA WORKING THRU CNTRL KS. ECHOES NOT ALL
THAT IMPRESSIVE LOOKING...BUT ICT HAVING FUN W/ 70+ MPH WINDS OUT OF
THEM. NEXT ROUND OF STORMS FIRING IN TX PNDHL IN ASSOC W/ MAIN SYS.
SFC CHART SHOWED COLD FRONT FROM AROUND ANW SOUTH TO MCK/GLD AND ON
SW INTO SRN CO. GOOD NW FLOW BEHIND IT INDICATING A GOOD PUSH IN THIS
DIRECTION OCCURING. DRY LINE EXTENDS SOUTH FROM MCK TO THE WEST OF GCK.
IT HAS BACKED TO THE WEST...BUT WILL ROAR EASTWARD AGAIN AS SYS COMES
OUT OVER NEXT 12 HRS.

WILL KEEP THIS EVENING UPDATED FCST BASICALLY INTACT...FOCUSING MAIN
STORM THREAT THRU 18Z...AT WHICH TIME...AXIS OF TROF SHOULD BE SWEEPING
THRU. WILL GIVE SE 1/2 OF CWA THE BEST CHC...AND HOLD PRECIP CHCS INTO
THE EARLY AFTN...OUT WEST...SCT POPS IN AM...P SUNNY DURING THE AFTN.
WINDY THIS AM W/ SOUTH WINDS 20/30...BECMG NW 15/25 MIDDAY. TEMPS WILL
BE HELD DOWN SOME BY CLDS TODAY...GENERALLY THE MID 70S.

TONITE...WILL GO CLEAR WITH TEMPS FROM THE MID 40S WEST TO AROUND 50
EAST.

TOMR...M SUNNY. HIGH 80 EAST TO LOWER 80S WEST...MAYBE EVEN MID 80S IN
WRN KS COUNTIES.

GRI TU 077/050/081 600
HBR TU 076/051/080 600
ODX TU 077/046/082 400
BLT TU 077/053/083 600
LXN TU 078/045/083 400

GURNEY

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-150500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
920 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1998

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF
   NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

SPOTTER ACTION...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SYNOPSIS...

THE INGREDIENTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ARE COMING TOGETHER SLOWER THAN
PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. AS A RESULT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN
SECTIONS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS AND SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN QUITE UNSTABLE...THUS SEVERE
WEATHER REMAINS A POSSIBILITY WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER SOURCES OF WEATHER
INFORMATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

BARRITT

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-150500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
920 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1998

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF
   NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

SPOTTER ACTION...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SYNOPSIS...

THE INGREDIENTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ARE COMING TOGETHER SLOWER THAN
PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. AS A RESULT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN
SECTIONS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS AND SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN QUITE UNSTABLE...THUS SEVERE
WEATHER REMAINS A POSSIBILITY WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER SOURCES OF WEATHER
INFORMATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

BARRITT