Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Hastings, NE

920 
WWUS53 KGID 212244
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
544 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

KSC141-183-212315-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110521T2315Z/
SMITH KS-OSBORNE KS-
544 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
OSBORNE AND SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GAYLORD...HARLAN AND PORTIS.

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 IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A
TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3936 9879 3949 9904 3957 9904 3957 9907
      3974 9907 3962 9864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 283DEG 22KT 3960 9891
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

595 
WWUS53 KGID 212259
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
559 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

KSC141-183-212315-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110521T2315Z/
SMITH KS-OSBORNE KS-
559 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
OSBORNE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARLAN...OR 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

A TORNADO WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSBORNE 
AND SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

IN ADDITION...AT 557 PM CDT PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN 
CEDAR WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARLAN AND PORTIS.

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 IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A
TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3936 9879 3949 9904 3957 9904 3970 9894
      3962 9864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 283DEG 22KT 3958 9879
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN

$$

309 
WWUS53 KGID 212312
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
612 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

KSC141-183-212322-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110521T2315Z/
SMITH KS-OSBORNE KS-
612 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SMITH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL...NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL...NORTHEASTERN 
OSBORNE...AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3936 9879 3949 9904 3957 9904 3970 9894
      3962 9864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 283DEG 22KT 3956 9869

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
344 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN
LIES WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH APPEARS TO NEVER WANT TO
LEAVE THE AREA CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WITH
SMALL PIECES OF ENERGY ROTATING THROUGH THE REGION.  AT THE
SFC...LOW PRESSURE SITS NEAR THE ND/SD/MT BORDER...WITH A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDING S/SE THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/EASTERN NEB AND
INTO KS.  WHILE MUCH OF THE CWA IS SEEING DPTS IN IN THE LOWER/MID
50S...THERE IS AN AXIS OF SLIGHTLY BETTER MOISTURE /DPTS NEAR 60/
NOSING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CWA AHEAD OF THAT
BOUNDARY.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY POPPING UP WITH THE
LIFT...INSTABILITY AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AVAILABLE...AND
THAT THREAT FOR A STRONG/POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NOT COMPLETELY
OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY...BUT THE MAIN THREAT REMAINS ACROSS
OUR SRN/EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS FURTHER WEST CONDITIONS
DWINDLE OFF. SO WILL LEAVE HWO AS IS FOR NOW AND SEE HOW THINGS
DEVELOP THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. EXPECTING THAT ANY
ACTIVITY WHICH DOES DEVELOP WILL MAINLY BE A LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING
THING...WITH THE POST-06Z HOURS REMAINING DRY AS THESE DISTURBANCES
SHIFT E/NE.

LOOKING TOWARD SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT
SHOWING THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUING TO SLOWLY SHIFT EAST
ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. DECIDED TO KEEP THE FORECAST DRY...THOUGH A
COUPLE OF SOLUTIONS ARE SHOWING SOME PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH
ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE BEING ABLE TO SNEAK FAR ENOUGH TO IMPACT
THE FAR NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE CWA.  NEEDED TO SEE A BIT MORE
SUPPORT FROM OTHER MODELS BEFORE THROWING A POP IN THERE...BUT IT
WILL BE SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. DIDNT MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
TO THE HIGHS FOR TOMORROW...WITH MID 70S POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH TO
LOWER/MID 80S IN THE SOUTH.

.LONG TERM...AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE
FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE EXTENDED AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE EJECTS
OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES MONDAY AFTERNOON...EVENTUALLY
SPREADING THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WHILE THE MAIN TROUGH IS NOT EXPECTED
TO TRANSITION INTO THE PLAINS UNTIL LATE TUESDAY OR EVEN
WEDNESDAY...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH AREA WILL EXPERIENCE SEVERAL DAYS
OF ACTIVE WEATHER.

NAM IS MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH FIRST SHORTWAVE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SURFACE LOW ACROSS KANSAS...AND TRACKING THIS LOW NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WHILE NEITHER THE EC OR
GFS IS NEARLY AS ROBUST WITH A DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE LOW ACROSS
THE AREA...ALL MODELS ARE INDICATING AMPLE INSTABILITY WILL EXIST
ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND THEREFORE EXPECT
A FAIRLY ACTIVE EVENING MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AT THIS TIME...AND
CONTINUED MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER FOR THIS TIME PERIOD IN
THE HWO.

AFTER THE INITIAL SHORTWAVE...CONTINUED INSTABILITY WILL LINGER
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID WEEK...AHEAD OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING. BEHIND THIS TROUGH...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IS
EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A WARM AND DRY LATER HALF OF THE WEEK...WITH
THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TILL NEAR THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. HOWEVER...MODELS BEGIN TO
DIVERGE WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW LATE IN THE WEEK...AND DECIDED TO
LEAVE MAINLY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AT THIS TIME.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1243 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011/

AVIATION...18Z TAF. PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN FOR THIS TAF PERIOD
LIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH
A LARGE SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS ANOTHER
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. KEPT MENTION CONFINED TO A TEMPO
GROUP AS ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE SOMEWHAT SCATTERED IN NATURE. OTHER
THAN A POSSIBILITY FOR BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS ACCOMPANYING
PRECIPITATION TODAY...CONDITIONS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD ARE VFR AS
ANY CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE MID LEVELS. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY S/SW THIS AFTERNOON WITH SFC LOW
PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE N/NW OF THE TERMINAL...BUT AS IT SLOWLY
SHIFTS EAST...AM EXPECTING WINDS TO GRADUALLY BECOME MORE WESTERLY
THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE WITH AN OCCASIONAL
HIGHER GUSTS...WITH STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS
OF THE TAF PERIOD.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...ADO
LONG TERM...ROSSI

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
355 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
222100-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
355 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE NICKEL TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. THE BEST CHANCES
FOR SEVERE WEATHER FAVOR LOCATIONS IN A LINE GENERALLY FROM ORD TO
KEARNEY TO ALMA NEBRASKA...AND EASTWARD...AS WELL AS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...VARIOUS FLOOD
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THESE FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS MONDAY...WITH THE
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL EXPANDING NORTH ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

LOCALIZED RIVER AND LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO
AT LEAST SUNDAY DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. IN
ADDITION...RELEASES FROM KINGSLEY DAM IN WESTERN NEBRASKA ARE
EXPECTED TO CAUSE RISES ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER...AND THE PLATTE
RIVER NEAR COZAD IS BEING MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

ROSSI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
437 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

NEZ073-074-083-084-212215-
FRANKLIN NE-HARLAN NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE-
437 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PHELPS...SOUTHWESTERN
KEARNEY...NORTHEASTERN HARLAN AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ATLANTA...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HOLDREGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HOLDREGE...
  RAGAN...
  FUNK...
  WILCOX...
  AXTELL...
  HILDRETH...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4055 9904 4028 9902 4032 9956 4047 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 266DEG 25KT 4039 9943

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
455 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

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

0445 PM     HAIL             5 WNW PHILLIPSBURG      39.78N 99.41W
05/21/2011  E0.50 INCH       PHILLIPS           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

&&

SROSSI

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

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

0456 PM     HAIL             YORK                    40.87N 97.60W
05/21/2011  E0.75 INCH       YORK               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZE HAIL.

&&

HEINLEIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
506 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

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

0455 PM     HAIL             GRESHAM                 41.03N 97.40W
05/21/2011  E1.00 INCH       YORK               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIMES MIXED QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

0455 PM     HAIL             E SCOTIA                41.47N 98.70W
05/21/2011  E0.88 INCH       GREELEY            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NICKEL HAIL FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES...BUT NOT ENOUGH
            TO COVER GROUND.

&&

SROSSI

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
510 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

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

0510 PM     HAIL             YORK                    40.87N 97.60W
05/21/2011  E1.75 INCH       YORK               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HEINLEIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
522 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

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

0510 PM     HAIL             NW GREELEY              41.55N 98.53W
05/21/2011  E1.00 INCH       GREELEY            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAILED FOR APPX. 5 MIN. QUARTER SIZED FOR APPX. 1 MIN.
            0.47 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL.

&&

SROSSI