Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Hastings, NE

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
210 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

.SHORT TERM...WELL ORGANIZED SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION AS
I WRITE THIS. HAVE SEEN WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND
MARGINAL EVENTS WITH NUMEROUS PEA SIZED TO DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTS.
COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MARCH THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  SPC ISSUED A WATCH
EARLIER THROUGH 5 PM TONIGHT AND LIKELY WILL SEE THIS EXPIRE AT THAT
TIME.  THIS SYSTEM SETS THE STAGE FOR A RATHER COOL PERIOD AS THE
TROF INTENSIFIES OVER THE GREAT LAKES WITH WEAK RIDGING OVER THE
SOUTHWEST U.S.

.LONG TERM...TIMING OF WAVES AND FEATURES PROBLEMATIC. BOTTOM LINE
WE DONT REALLY GET INTO WARM AIR FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS AND HAVE
LOWERED TEMPERATURES 5 TO 7 DEGREES.

OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE
WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF
CONVECTION.

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.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 5 PM CST FOR THE SOUTHERN
TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES...PHELPS TO FILMORE AND FURNAS TO THAYER.
.KS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 5 PM CST FOR SIX COUNTIES IN
KANSAS...PHELPS TO JEWELL AND ROOKS TO MITCHELL.

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LEWIS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1112 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-281200-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLAY-DAWSON-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-GREELEY-
HALL-HAMILTON-HARLAN-HOWARD-JEWELL-KEARNEY-MERRICK-MITCHELL-NANCE-
NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHELPS-PHILLIPS-POLK-ROOKS-SHERMAN-SMITH-THAYER-
VALLEY-WEBSTER-YORK-
1112 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT
MOVING INTO THE AREA.

WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG OR BRIEFLY SEVERE. THE MAIN HAZARDS ARE
HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS FORECAST TO SLIDE EAST OF
THE REGION BY EARLY EVENING...THUS ENDING ANY POTENTIAL SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

NOAA/NWS/MORITZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1259 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1246 PM     HAIL             PALCO                   39.25N 99.56W
03/27/2004  0.75 INCH        ROOKS              KS   PUBLIC

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MORITZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
124 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     HAIL             PLEASANTON              40.97N 99.09W
03/27/2004  0.88 INCH        BUFFALO            NE   PUBLIC

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MORITZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
231 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0208 PM     HAIL             KENESAW                 40.62N 98.66W
03/27/2004  0.88 INCH        ADAMS              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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MORITZ