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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

May 9, 2015Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this winter storm warning at May 9, 2015, 10:43 AM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 9, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 24 hr. 13 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2015, 10:43 AM MDT (16:43 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 10, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 7:05 PM MDTSNOW 3Rushville, NE
May 9, 7:10 PM MDTSNOW 26 N Gordon, NEESTIMATED 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 1/8 TO 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. REPORTED THUNDERSNOW LASTING ABOUT AND HOUR.
May 9, 9:06 PM MDTSNOW 3.86 N Gordon, NEESTIMATED 3.50 INCHES TO 4.00 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY.
May 9, 9:10 PM MDTSNOW 5Rushville, NE
May 9, 9:36 PM MDTSNOW 6Clinton, NEREPORT VIA FACEBOOK
May 10, 7:00 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 126 N Gordon, NE24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 2.68 INCHES. 48 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF 3.13 INCHES.
May 10, 7:00 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 126 N Gordon, NE
May 10, 7:00 AM MDTSNOW 137 Ssw Rushville, NE24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 2.04 INCHES.
May 10, 7:00 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 15Gordon, NERELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
May 10, 8:08 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 15Rushville, NE
May 10, 9:00 AM MDTSNOW 2220 Nnw Rushville, NEREPORT VIA FACEBOOK. 22 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 10 AM 5 MILES WEST OF WHITE CLAY.
May 10, 11:06 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 10Hay Springs, NEESTIMATED SNOWFALL AFTER COMPACTION
May 10, 11:50 AM MDTSNOW 13Hay Springs, NEREPORT VIA FACEBOOK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

374 
WWUS43 KLBF 091644 CCA
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1143 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND
PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SANDHILLS REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW BY LATE
AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST SHERIDAN COUNTY. THE WINTRY PRECIP WILL
EXPAND SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING...EVENTUALLY CHANGING OVER TO
ALL SNOW BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. 
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOWFALL...GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE PINE RIDGE WHERE LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS OF UP TO A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE
LIGHTER FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST IN THE PANHANDLE AND WESTERN
SANDHILLS...BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL STILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

NEZ004-100700-
/O.UPG.KLBF.WW.Y.0008.150510T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0003.150510T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE
1043 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN
  NORTHWEST SHERIDAN COUNTY AND EXPAND SOUTHEAST. A CHANGEOVER TO
  ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
  SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP
  TO A FOOT POSSIBLE IN THE PINE RIDGE AREA OF NORTHERN SHERIDAN
  COUNTY.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING 
  NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY
  LATE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
  1/4 MILE AT TIMES AND MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ROADS SURFACES WILL
  BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WITH
  RANCHING INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK
  NOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ022-023-056-094-100700-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.150510T0600Z-150511T0000Z/
GARDEN-GRANT-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
1043 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM MDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGEOVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. SNOWFALL
  WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST
  CHERRY AND NORTHERN GARDEN COUNTIES.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING 
  NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS WINTRY
  WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP TONIGHT. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND
  SNOW PACKED...POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 80 IN DEUEL
  COUNTY. WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING
  VISIBILITY TO A 1/4 MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

MARTIN
5 follow-up statements
457 
WWUS43 KLBF 092025
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
325 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND
PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SANDHILLS REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW BY EVENING IN
NORTHWEST SHERIDAN COUNTY. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND SOUTHEAST
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...EVENTUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW
OVERNIGHT...AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE
INTO SUNDAY BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE
HEAVY SNOWFALL...GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE PINE RIDGE WHERE
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS
WILL BE LIGHTER FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST IN THE PANHANDLE AND
WESTERN SANDHILLS...BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL STILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

NEZ004-101000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.150510T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE
225 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING IN
  NORTHWEST SHERIDAN COUNTY AND EXPAND SOUTHEAST. A CHANGEOVER TO
  ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
  SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF
  AROUND A FOOT POSSIBLE IN THE PINE RIDGE AREA OF NORTHERN
  SHERIDAN COUNTY.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING 
  NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES
  LATE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A
  QUARTER MILE AND MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ROADS SURFACES WILL
  BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WITH
  RANCHING INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK
  FROM THE SNOW AND COLD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ022-023-056-094-101000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.150510T0600Z-150511T0000Z/
GARDEN-GRANT-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
225 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGEOVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. 
  SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN FAR
  NORTHWEST CHERRY AND NORTHERN GARDEN COUNTIES.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING 
  NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS WINTRY
  WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP TONIGHT. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND
  SNOW PACKED...POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 80 IN DEUEL
  COUNTY. WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... REDUCING
  VISIBILITY TO A HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

BUTTLER
727 
WWUS43 KLBF 100142
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
842 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND
PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SANDHILLS REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL EXPAND SOUTH AND EAST FROM THE
NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TONIGHT...IMPACTING THE WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN SANDHILLS BY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY
BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOWFALL...GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE PINE RIDGE WHERE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
OF UP TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE LIGHTER FURTHER
SOUTH AND EAST IN THE PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS...BUT
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL STILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

NEZ004-100900-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE
742 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING 
  IN NORTHWEST SHERIDAN COUNTY AND EXPAND SOUTHEAST. A 
  CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING AND MAY BE 
  HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP
  TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE PINE RIDGE AREA OF NORTHERN
  SHERIDAN COUNTY.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING 
  NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT 
  TIMES LATE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE AND MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ROADS 
  SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. IN ADDITION...
  PERSONS WITH RANCHING INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT 
  YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE SNOW AND COLD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ022-023-056-094-100900-
/O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.150510T0600Z-150511T0000Z/
GARDEN-GRANT-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
742 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGEOVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. 
  SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS UP TO
  8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...IN FAR NORTHWEST CHERRY COUNTY.

* WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING 
  NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS WINTRY 
  WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP TONIGHT. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK 
  AND SNOW PACKED...POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 80 IN 
  DEUEL COUNTY. WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... 
  REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

BUTTLER
762 
WWUS43 KLBF 100920
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
420 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE EASTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SANDHILLS REGION TODAY...

.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL LIFT ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA
TODAY. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP INTO THE SYSTEM
TODAY TO KEEP THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN SANDHILLS IN THE FORM OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL
WILL BE GUSTY NORTHERLY BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CAUSING SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN
THE VICINITY OF THE PINE RIDGE WHERE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 15
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE LIGHTER FURTHER SOUTH
AND EAST IN THE PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS...BUT ACCUMULATING
SNOW WILL STILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

NEZ004-102330-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE
320 AM MDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING AND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH
  FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL 3 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
  AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE PINE RIDGE AREA OF
  NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
  THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES AND
  MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ROADS SURFACES HAVE BECOME SNOW COVERED
  AND SLICK. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WITH RANCHING INTERESTS SHOULD
  TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE SNOW AND COLD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ022-023-056-094-102330-
/O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
GARDEN-GRANT-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
320 AM MDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING AND WILL DIMINISH FROM
  SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS UP 
  TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...IN FAR NORTHWEST CHERRY COUNTY. 

* WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS WINTRY
  WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP TONIGHT. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND
  SNOW PACKED...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 80 IN DEUEL
  COUNTY. WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... REDUCING
  VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

MASEK
038 
WWUS43 KLBF 101928
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
228 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NEBRASKA...

.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO LIFT ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF ACROSS
MUCH WESTERN NEBRASKA. WINTRY CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW...WILL PERSIST OVER PARTS OF SHERIDAN AND WESTERN
CHERRY COUNTIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE
IMPROVING THIS EVENING.

NEZ022-023-056-102030-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
GARDEN-GRANT-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS
128 PM MDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF
DEUEL...GARDEN...AND GRANT COUNTIES. LIGHT RAIN AND/OR SNOW IS
STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPACTS TO TRAVEL IS LOW. 

$$

NEZ004-110000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE
128 PM MDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL BEGIN TO
  DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1
  INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE PINE
  RIDGE IN NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING 
  NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS 
  AFTERNOON. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE AT 
  TIMES AND MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ROADS SURFACES HAVE BECOME 
  SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. IN ADDITION...PERSONS WITH RANCHING 
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM 
  THE SNOW AND COLD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ094-110000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
128 PM MDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL BEGIN TO
  DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1
  INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST
  CHERRY COUNTY.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING 
  NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. ROADS ARE
  SLICK AND SNOW PACKED. WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING
  SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

MARTIN
757 
WWUS43 KLBF 110027
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
727 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER WEATHER THREAT IS DIMINISHED...

.THE THREAT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED. 

NEZ004-110130-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE
627 PM MDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SNOW HAS DIMINISHED...REDUCING THE 
THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION.

$$

NEZ094-110130-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150511T0000Z/
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
627 PM MDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SNOW HAS DIMINISHED...REDUCING THE 
THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at May 9, 5:33 AM MDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 5:33 AM MDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
633 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 358 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

AT 07Z...A RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE NRN
PLAINS INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. A FAIRLY LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE BETWEEN CYS AND
COS NORTHEAST TO NEAR SNY. THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN ERN
NEW MEXICO AND WEST CNTRL TX ALONG LEADING EDGE OF UPSTREAM
DISTURBANCE. SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY IN WRN NEBR WITH TEMPERATURES
RANGING FROM 47 AT ANW TO 54 AT OGA AND IML.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 358 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

A STRONGLY DYNAMIC SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE REGION TO CAUSE THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ALONG WITH A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING IN THE NEBR PANHANDLE
AND BLACK HILLS REGION OVERNIGHT.

AN H5 CLOSED LOW CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER WRN ARIZONA. DEEP SWRLY
FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION THIS MORNING. H85-H7
MOISTURE TRANSPORT VECTORS ARE STRONG AND POINTED TO THE NORTHWEST
ACROSS WRN NEBR TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. PWATS INCREASE TO AROUND AN
INCH TODAY. UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE TO INCREASE TODAY WITH STRONG
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE INDICATED ON THE 290-305K SFCS. INCREASING
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. WITH THE APPROACH OF
A STRONG DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN ERN NEW MEXICO...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTN ACROSS
ERN CO/WRN KS INTO SWRN NEBR. DUE TO HIGH 0-3KM HELICITY AND BULK
SHEAR OF 35 TO 50 KTS LATE AFTN INTO THIS EVENING...ISOLATED STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SERN HALF OF FA. THESE
PARAMETERS WILL MORE THAN COMPENSATE FOR A LACK OF INSTABILITY AND A
LOCATION FAIRLY FAR TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THERE WILL ALSO
BE TRAINING ECHOES TRACKING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST TONIGHT. SOME
LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 2
INCHES. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING IN ANY URBAN AREAS OR
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

AS THE H7 LOW MOVE INTO FAR NW KS OVERNIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL BE
DRAWN EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHEAST PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT NW
SANDHILLS. THIS WILL CAUSE A POSSIBLE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY
THIS EVENING ACROSS THE PINE RIDGE IN NRN SHERIDAN COUNTY. MODERATE
TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT ACROSS MOST OF SHERIDAN
COUNTY...WITH AT LEAST A MIX TO THE EAST. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25
MPH THIS EVENING WILL TURN NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MAY
CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. DUE TO
POTENTIAL HAZARD...HAVE UPGRADED THE EXISTING WINTER STORM WATCH TO
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LOOKING FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3
TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN SHERIDAN COUNTY. ADJACENT
GARDEN...GRANT AND WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY COULD SEE AN INCH OR TWO
ACCUMULATE...BUT AN ADVISORY IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THOSE COUNTIES
AT THIS TIME.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 358 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

OPERATIONAL MODELS AND GEFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. H700MB LOW SHOULD BE CENTERED IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
AROUND SUNRISE SUNDAY...WITH THE LOW TRACKING ACROSS THE HEART OF
THE FORECAST AREA AND CENTERED NEAR CHAMBERLAIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA BY SUNDAY EVENING. TWO DIFFERENT FORECAST CONCERNS
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...SNOW ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL INTO
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

FIRST THE SNOW...MID LEVEL DRY SLOT WILL BE ROTATING NORTHWEST INTO
NORTHWEST NEBRASKA SUNDAY MORNING AS SYSTEM WILL BE IN THE OCCLUDING
STAGE SUNDAY MORNING. BEFORE THE DRY SLOT ARRIVES MID MORNING...SNOW
WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS FAR WESTERN CHERRY AND SHERIDAN COUNTY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. SOUNDING PROFILES INDICATE ALL SNOW...WITH TEMPS
NEAR FREEZING AT THE SURFACE AND BELOW FREEZING ALOFT. EXPECTING
AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...THEN PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY AS THE MID
LEVEL DRY SLOT NOSES INTO THE AREA. THE SHOWERY PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF A HIGH SUN ANGLE
AND THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION...NOT REALLY EXPECTING
MUCH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AFTER THE MID MORNING HOURS. WILL
LIKELY SEE SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION WRAPPING AROUND INTO THE AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTH INTO
SOUTH DAKOTA. SOME OF THIS WILL BE ON THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW...BUT
LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

FOR AREAS TO THE EAST...PARTICULARLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BASSETT TO
BURWELL...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE CONCERN. THE COLD UPPER LOW WILL
BE TRACKING RIGHT OVER THIS AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AT
LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR AS THE COLD POOL
MOVES OVERHEAD. THE BEST FOCUS FOR SEVERE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN
FARTHER EAST ALONG THE SURFACE COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. HOWEVER...SOME HAIL NEAR SEVERE CRITERIA CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION WITH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES EXPECTED.

SYSTEM DEPARTS MONDAY...AND A COLD NIGHT EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AS
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. LOWS NEAR FREEZING ARE
POSSIBLE IN SPOTS...BUT NOT EXPECTING A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE DUE
TO WET GROUND/MOISTURE FROM THE RECENT PRECIPITATION. THE COLDEST
LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY BE IN SHERIDAN COUNTY...WHERE UPPER 20S WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WILL DEVELOP INTO THE WESTERN CONUS MID TO LATE
WEEK. GULF MOISTURE WILL RAPIDLY RETURN NORTH INTO THE REGION WITH
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 633 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBY IN RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY ADVANCE
NORTH FROM KANSAS AND EASTERN COLORADO AND OVERSPREAD THE FCST
AREA TODAY.

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS SWRN NEB AFTER 21Z
AND LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR NEZ004.

&&

SYNOPSIS...ROBERG
SHORT TERM...ROBERG
LONG TERM...TAYLOR
AVIATION...ROBERG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:36 AM MDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
436 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-100945-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
436 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 /336 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION
TODAY AND LIFT INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

COLDER AIR DRAWN IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE RAIN TO CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT ACROSS SHERIDAN COUNTY. THE RAIN MAY MIX
WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN GARDEN...GRANT AND WESTERN CHERRY
COUNTY. REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

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

A FEW MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF A BASSETT
THROUGH BURWELL LINE. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS
SUNDAY AS WELL AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA.
PERSONS PLANNING TO TRAVEL...HOLDING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...OR THOSE
WITH RANCHING INTERESTS...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS RELATING TO THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM.

FROST OR LIGHT FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND
TUESDAY MORNING. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY
183.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

&&

GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

KAR

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 3:16 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBFSheridan7 hr
May 9, 10:43 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBFCherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant31 hr
May 9, 2:00 PM MDTRiver Flood WatchLBFLincoln47 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.