Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Omaha, NE

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
256 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

NEC151-159-262015-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-160526T2015Z/
SALINE NE-SEWARD NE-
256 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SALINE AND SOUTHWESTERN SEWARD COUNTIES...

AT 255 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRIEND...OR 21
MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRIEND...BEAVER CROSSING AND CORDOVA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4081 9737 4082 9717 4060 9721 4055 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 212DEG 21KT 4063 9733 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
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DERGAN

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
223 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

.SHORT TERM...(tonight through Sunday)
Issued at 220 PM CDT Thu May 26 2016

Warm front was located across northeast Kansas at 19z with a large
area of convection blooming on either side of the front. Periods
of thunderstorms are expected through most of the period as upper
trough over the southern Rockies this afternoon lifts across the
plains region toward the upper Midwest through Saturday. There
looks to be a brief break in the stormy pattern late Saturday
night into Sunday behind the trough but additional storms return
by Monday.

Flash flood watch will cover parts of southeast Nebraska and
southwest Iowa near the warm front through tonight with potential
for several rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rain.

.LONG TERM...(Sunday night through Thursday)
Issued at 220 PM CDT Thu May 26 2016

Upper pattern becomes more amplified again in the extended period
with more storm chances into at least Wednesday although ECMWF is
a bit quicker with drier conditions by Tuesday night compared to
the GFS.

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.AVIATION...(18Z TAFS for KOMA...KLNK...KOFK through 18Z Friday)
Issued at 1250 PM CDT Thu May 26 2016

Showers and thunderstorms will begin to pop up across the region
this afTernoon. Storms could begin in KLNK as early at 19Z and
move into KOMA and KOFK later this afternoon and evening. Showers
and thunderstorms will continue well into the overnight hours
before clearing and potentially allowing light fog to develop
early Friday morning.

&&

.OAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NE...Flash Flood Watch through Friday morning for NEZ066-068-078-
     088>093.

IA...Flash Flood Watch through Friday morning for IAZ090-091.

&&

SHORT TERM...Fobert
LONG TERM...Fobert
AVIATION...KG

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1159 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-270700-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
1159 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS
MUCH OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. A WARM
FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINNING EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...THEN LIFTING NORTH THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...INCLUDING
DAMAGING WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE OR
LARGER...AND EVEN TORNADOES IF STORMS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP DIRECTLY
ON OR SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. STORM
CHANCES BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
237 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

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

0234 PM     HAIL             2 E DENTON              40.74N 96.81W
05/26/2016  E1.00 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   STORM CHASER

            56TH STREET AND DENTON

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PEARSON