Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Hastings, NE

562 
WWUS53 KGID 050134
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
834 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

NEC077-093-163-175-050200-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-120505T0200Z/
GREELEY NE-HOWARD NE-SHERMAN NE-VALLEY NE-
834 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
VALLEY...NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN...HOWARD AND SOUTHERN GREELEY COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
COTESFIELD...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOLBACH...ELBA...FARWELL...ST. PAUL AND CUSHING.

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 4155 9850 4137 9828 4118 9829 4111 9876
      4146 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 324DEG 19KT 4137 9859
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
549 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

.AVIATION...00Z KGRI TAF. AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST 12-15 HOURS OR SO
OF THE FORECAST...CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY LOW REGARDING
THUNDERSTORM/FOG POTENTIAL. STARTING OFF THIS EVENING...COULD BE A
CLOSE CALL WHETHER ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
50-75 MILES NORTH OF THE TERMINAL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. AT
LEAST FOR NOW WILL ASSUME THIS ACTIVITY REMAINS NORTH...BUT STAY
TUNED FOR THE QUICK INCLUSION OF A TEMPO GROUP FOR POTENTIALLY
SEVERE +TSRA MAINLY IN THE 01Z-05Z TIME FRAME IF THIS ACTIVITY
BUILDS IN. LATER TONIGHT...THERE ARE FAIRLY STRONG SIGNALS THAT FOG
AND POTENTIALLY A LOW CEILING WILL DEVELOP...BUT THIS IS
ASSUMING THAT EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW DO NOT HOLD
FOG AT BAY...OR AT LEAST DELAY IT. AS A FIRST GUESS...AM
HIGHLIGHTING A TEMPO GROUP FROM 10Z-14Z FOR LIFR VSBY/CIG. ONCE
ANY MORNING FOG/STRATUS BURNS OFF...THE REST OF THE DAY SHOULD BE
THUNDERSTORM FREE. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PICK UP ESPECIALLY DURING
THE DAY...WITH GUST POTENTIAL TO AT LEAST 24KT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 321 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS LIE
WITH  THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

BEEN ANOTHER HOT AND MUGGY DAY ACROSS THE REGION...WITH LITTLE
CHANGE IN THE PATTERN OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS...REMAINING FAIRLY
ZONAL WITH OCCASIONAL WEAK AND DIFFICULT TO FIND WAVES THROUGH
THROUGH THE FLOW. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER WRN PORTIONS
OF  KS...WITH THE MAIN WARM FRONT DRAPED ALONG/JUST NORTH OF THE
NRN EDGE OF THE CWA...WITH A DRY LINE BOUNDARY JUST OFF THE SW
CORNER. HUMID AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE...WITH DEWPOINTS WELL INTO
THE 60S AND EVEN A FEW LOW 70S....WHILE TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE
CLIMBED INTO THE 80S/LOWER 90S. NOT SURPRISINGLY...VERY HIGH
INSTABILITY VALUES HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CWA...WITH THE MAIN
AXIS ACROSS CENTRAL/ERN PORTIONS...3-4000+ J/KG OF MLCAPE.
MODELS/SPC MESO PAGE ALSO SHOWING WRN LOCATIONS WITH AT LEAST SOME
CAP/WARMER MID LEVEL TEMPS. ALREADY SEEING SOME ACTIVITY OFF TO
THE NORTH OF THE CWA AND HAS PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...WHICH
IS DRIFTING SOUTH TOWARD THE NRN BORDER OF THE CWA. ALSO SEEING
SOME CU DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NW CORNER OF THE CWA...AND THOUGH
THE UPPER LEVEL FORCING IS NOT GOOD...IT HASNT TAKEN MUCH THE PAST
FEW DAYS TO GET SOME ISO/SCT THUNDERSTORMS GOING...SO THOUGH
CONFIDENCE IN EXACTLY WHEN/WHERE ISN'T HIGH...CERTAINLY CANT RULE
OUT SOMETHING POPPING STILL THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. IF SOMETHING
SHOULD GO...PLENTY OF INSTABILITY BUT WEAK OVERALL SHEAR TO WORK
WITH...WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BECOME SEVERE. BEST CHANCES WILL BE
THROUGH ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT...AND TRENDED POPS DOWN AFTER 06Z A
TOUCH...IS POSSIBLE THINGS WILL HAVE SHIFTED OFF TO THE EAST.

ONCE THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL STARTS TO DIMINISH...FOG CONCERNS
ARISE TONIGHT/EARLY SAT MORNING. NO CHANGE IN THE AIR MASS
OVERNIGHT...WE HAVE WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS /UPPER 50S TO MID 60S/ AND
SIMILAR DEWPOINTS IN PLACE...ALONG WITH FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS. WILL
CONTINUE AREAS OF FOG MENTION...WITH A VIS<1/2 MILE AREA ACROSS
THE NORTHEASTERN HALF...WHERE DEWPOINTS WILL BE HIGHEST...AND
EXTENDED MENTION THROUGH MID MORNING.

LOOKING TO SATURDAY...NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE FORECAST...WITH
THE MAJORITY OF THEY REMAINING DRY...AND ANY POPS CONFINED TO THE
FAR NWRN CORNER OF THE CWA MAINLY FOR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MODELS  IN DECENT AGREEMENT SHOWING THE UPPER LEVEL
PATTERN/SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BECOMING MORE AMPLIFIED ACROSS THE AREA
AS A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES...WITH A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING SOUTH. DEBATED PULLING POPS
COMPLETELY THROUGH 00Z...BUT A COUPLE SOLUTIONS /LIKE THE NAM/
STILL SHOW ACTIVITY STARTING TO CREEP INTO THE CWA JUST PRIOR TO
THAT TIME. THE MAIN SFC LOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON REMAINS
GENERALLY OVER WRN/NWRN KS...BECOMING A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED WITH
A SHARPER FRONTAL BOUNDARY DEVELOPING...EXTENDING NORTH THROUGH
WRN NEB...THOUGH MODELS CONTINUE TO VARY ON THE EXACT LOCATION BY
00Z /LATEST NAM REMAINS THE FURTHEST EAST SOLUTION. WILL AGAIN SEE
SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO TODAY...TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE
80S/90S...DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S/70S...GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.
WILL AGAIN SEE VERY HIGH VALUES OF INSTABILITY DEVELOP...ESP
ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE CWA...BUT MODELS ALSO SHOWING THINGS
REMAINING CAPPED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

LONG TERM...STARTING 00Z SUNDAY. LONG TERM MODEL SOLUTIONS
SUGGEST UPPER LEVEL  RIDGING WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN HALF
OF THE CONUS SUNDAY...WITH TROUGHING INFILTRATING THE WEST. THE
WESTERN CONUS TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS BY
MONDAY...WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDING BACK INTO THE AREA BY
WEDNESDAY. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE
AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH MUCH COOLER AND DRIER LOW LEVEL
AIR EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. BY
WEDNESDAY HOWEVER...THE SURFACE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OFF TO
THE EAST...THUS ALLOWING FOR LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW AND A WARMING
TREND TO FINISH OUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD.

THE APPROACH AND EVENTUAL PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL
BRING FURTHER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION TO OUR CWA SATURDAY NIGHT
AND DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WITH DRY CONDITIONS THEN INFILTRATING
OUR AREA BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT. QPF FIELDS FROM THE
SREF-MEAN...NAM...EC AND OPERATIONAL GFS ALL SUGGEST CONVECTION
OVER THE  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS SATURDAY EVENING WILL
PUSH EAST/SOUTHEASTWARD SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING...WITH
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY LIKELY CLIPPING THE NORTHERN ONE-THIRD OF OUR
CWA. CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING
BECOME MORE QUESTIONABLE AS ONE MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE CWA...BUT
THERE ARE STILL INDICATIONS FROM MULTIPLE MODEL SOLUTIONS THAT
PRECIPITATION WILL BE REALIZED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS AS WELL. GIVEN ALL THIS...WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED A RANGE
OF POPS ACROSS OUR CWA 00Z-12Z SUNDAY...WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ONE-THIRD OF OUR CWA...TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS
OUR SOUTH. SOME LINGERING PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
OUR AREA DURING THE DAY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...BUT WITH THE
MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS CLEARING OUR AREA AND RESULTANT SUBSIDENCE
SETTLING IN...AND WITH LOW LEVEL DRY AIR ADVECTION ALSO
INFILTRATING THE AREA...CURRENTLY BELIEVE MOST ALL PRECIPITATION
SHOULD BE EXITING OUR AREA BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY
EVENING. AN OVERALL LACK IN KINEMATIC FORCING...ALONG WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED DRIER LOW LEVEL AIRMASS...SHOULD PRESENT DRY
CONDITIONS TO THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN CHANCES THEN
RETURN TO OUR CWA NEXT FRIDAY AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND MID LEVEL
THERMAL ADVECTION BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

AVIATION...PFANNKUCH
SHORT TERM...ADO
LONG TERM...BRYANT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
334 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
051200-
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-
334 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...PRIMARILY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ELWOOD TO HEBRON. HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP...THOUGH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WARM TEMPERATURES...MOIST AIR AND LIGHT
WINDS WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA. VISIBILITIES DROPPING DOWN TO A HALF OF A MILE OR
LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SATURDAY MORNING WILL SEE THE CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR FOG ACROSS
THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF A MILE
POSSIBLE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN STARTING LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT ALONG AN
ADVANCING COLD FRONT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.

A FEW NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT
FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ELWOOD TO HEBRON.

&&

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

ADO/BRYANT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
638 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

NEZ040-050015-
GREELEY NE-
638 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY UNTIL
715 PM CDT...

AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPALDING...OR 29 MILES EAST OF ORD...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN GREELEY COUNTY.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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 4175 9829 4159 9830 4163 9844 4174 9844
      4175 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 284DEG 11KT 4165 9835

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
754 PM CDT FRI MAY 04 2012

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

0746 PM     HAIL             9 ENE ORD               41.65N 98.77W
05/04/2012  E1.75 INCH       VALLEY             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

&&

GUERRERO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
806 PM CDT FRI MAY 04 2012

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

0805 PM     HAIL             6 SE ORD                41.54N 98.85W
05/04/2012  E1.00 INCH       VALLEY             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            50 MPH WINDS REPORTED AS WELL.

&&

GUERRERO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
809 PM CDT FRI MAY 04 2012

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

0745 PM     HAIL             10 ENE ORD              41.65N 98.74W
05/04/2012  E1.00 INCH       GREELEY            NE   PUBLIC

            HAILED FROM 745 TO 800.

&&

GUERRERO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
816 PM CDT FRI MAY 04 2012

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

0814 PM     HAIL             3 N NORTH LOUP          41.54N 98.78W
05/04/2012  E1.75 INCH       VALLEY             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GUERRERO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
819 PM CDT FRI MAY 04 2012

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

0814 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 N SCOTIA              41.53N 98.70W
05/04/2012  E50 MPH          GREELEY            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

PFANNKUCH