Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
323 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY.

CURRENT RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST
AREA BUT THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN LOCATION AND INTENSITY.
SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT DRIFTING THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE NOT STRONG ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
FRONT AND THE LOCATION IS SHOWING UP MAINLY ON RADAR FROM NEAR YORK
NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS AT THIS TIME.

THE LOCATION OF THE FRONT WILL BE IMPORTANT AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE AREA WHERE DEW POINTS ARE POOLING THIS
AFTERNOON. THE TIMING FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THE FRONT SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST
AREA DURING THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY LATE
TONIGHT THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE COMING TO AN END IN THE
NORTHWEST. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. A DEEP
INVERTED V SOUNDING WOULD INDICATE THAT THE MOST LIKELY EVENTS WOULD
BE GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS GOOD MUCAPE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE
FORECAST AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OF AROUND
5000 J/KG...BUT THERE IS WEAK SHEAR.

THE FRONT SHOULD BE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
THURSDAY MORNING AND SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTABLY COOLER ON THURSDAY WITH READINGS ONLY
IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE ON AND
OFF CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...BUT STILL COOLER THAN THE RECENT HEAT WAVE.

GENERALLY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH THE
NORTHWEST FLOW THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MAINLY WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVES
THAT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THERE WILL BE ON AND OFF CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...BUT THERE WILL BE OTHER CHANCES AS WELL.
THERE WILL BE A WAVE THAT MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
THAT IS A LITTLE STRONGER. THERE IS ALSO A COLD FRONT THAT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL
WAVE. OTHERWISE THERE WILL JUST BE ON AND OFF CHANCES AND TIMING THE
INDIVIDUAL WAVES AS THEY COME THROUGH IS A CHALLENGE. ONE THING TO
NOTE IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION MOST OF
THE TIME IS SHOULD BE VERY SPOTTY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN RECENTLY WITH READINGS MOSTLY IN
THE 90S. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CLIMB IN TEMPERATURES FROM FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY THEN A BIT COOLER BEHIND THE NEXT COLD FRONT AGAIN.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1221 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012/

AVIATION...18Z TAF. A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS SITUATED ACROSS THE
KGRI TERMINAL AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD MOVE TO THE
SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND
INCREASE. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH. THERE ARE ALREADY A FEW
SHOWERS TO THE NORTHWEST. EXPECT THAT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BUT
COULD LINGER THROUGH NEARLY MIDNIGHT. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR BEHIND
THE STORMS.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ049-063-064-
     075>077-082>087.

KS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ005>007-017>019.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
444 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
261200-
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-
444 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAINLY SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM CAMBRIDGE...TO HASTINGS...TO OSCEOLA. PLEASE REFER
TO THE HEAT ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS AND LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALMA TO GENOA IN
NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MAINLY
NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH
ADDITIONAL STORM CHANCES ARRIVING DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THESE PERIODS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR LOCATIONS
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALMA TO GENOA.

&&

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
402 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

NEZ047-048-252130-
HOWARD NE-MERRICK NE-
402 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MERRICK AND SOUTHEASTERN
HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST. LIBORY...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF GRAND
ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ARCHER...

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 4105 9807 4104 9834 4104 9839 4116 9841
      4125 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 248DEG 22KT 4112 9826

FAY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
411 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

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

0407 PM     HAIL             ST. LIBORY              41.08N 98.35W
07/25/2012  E1.00 INCH       HOWARD             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN ST. LIBORY REPORTED
            BY TRAINED SPOTTER.

&&

REED

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