Hail in Nebraska, June 24, 2005

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
214 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

.DISCUSSION...FOCUS IS ON CONVECTION TONIGHT.  AT MIDDAY...SURFACE
BOUNDARY STRETCHED FROM ROUGHLY SIOUX CITY TO GOODLAND.  MOISTURE
CONTINUES TO POOL ALONG THE FRONT WHERE SURFACE DEWPOINTS AVERAGED
70F.   ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA SHLD CONTINUE TO
SUSTAIN THIS EVENING...AND CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHLD
ALSO FOCUS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT...THIS TIME FURTHER INTO OUR CWA.
ALTHOUGH BETTER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS PROGGED ACROSS EASTERN
NEBRASKA TONIGHT...EXPECT DECENT WESTWARD BACKBUILDING OF TSTMS GIVEN
DIVERGENT THICKNESS PATTERN TO OUR EAST...AND STORMS COULD MERGE WITH
HIGH PLAINS CONVECTION.  PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AVERAGE AN INCH
AND A HALF AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
STRONGER STORMS. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST AS SHEAR
AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS SUPPORT IDEA FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.
TORNADO MENTION HAS BEEN MAINTAINED IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND WHERE TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT SPREAD IS
MINIMIZED.

IF CONVECTION DEVELOPS AS EXPECTED...FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TONIGHT.  SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS SHLD LINGER
INTO SATURDAY...SIMLAR TO TODAY...AND AGREE WITH PREVIOUS SHIFT OF
MAINTAINING PCPN CHANCES.  NGM IS ACTUALLY RATHER ROBUST ON
REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION SATURDAY AFTN...BACKBUILDING STORMS INTO
OUR CWA AGAIN IN DIVERGENT THICKNESS PATTERN TO THE EAST.  THE NAM
ALSO HINTS AT THIS...BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT OF THE NGM.  POPS REMAIN
LOW FOR NOW...BUT WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH. OTHERWISE...FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH DURING THE DAY WITH STILL MILD AIRMASS IN
PLACE AND TEMPS REMAIN NORMAL TO ABOVE...ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BE
DEPENDENT ON WHERE BOUNDARY ENDS UP.

SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ENHANCES SUNDAY AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES
FURTHER INLAND AND RIDGE RETROGRADES SLIGHTLY.  TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM AGAIN INTO THE 90S IN THIS REGIME.  THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE EXTENDED...NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES WERE MADE AS MODELS
DIVERGE ON TIMING OF SHORTWAVES AND FRONTS.  THE ECMWF IS DEEPER AND
SLOWER WITH PACIFIC NORTHWEST UPPER LOW NEXT WEEK COMPARED TO THE
GFS.  ALTHOUGH AM NOT CONFIDENT NEXT WEEK WILL REMAIN COMPLETELY
DRY...AM ALSO NOT CONFIDENT IN PICKING A DAY THAT WILL BE OUR BEST
CHANCE FOR PCPN.  ATTM WILL GO WITH SILENT 14 POPS AND WAIT ANOTHER
RUN OR TWO TO REFINE WHICH TIME FRAME LOOKS THE BEST.

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

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FAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1044 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-251200-
ADAMS NE-BUFFALO NE-CLAY NE-DAWSON NE-FILLMORE NE-FRANKLIN NE-
FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-GREELEY NE-HALL NE-HAMILTON NE-HARLAN NE-
HOWARD NE-JEWELL KS-KEARNEY NE-MERRICK NE-MITCHELL KS-NANCE NE-
NUCKOLLS NE-OSBORNE KS-PHELPS NE-PHILLIPS KS-POLK NE-ROOKS KS-
SHERMAN NE-SMITH KS-THAYER NE-VALLEY NE-WEBSTER NE-YORK NE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE...
KEARNEY...LEXINGTON...PHILLIPSBURG AND YORK
1044 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH SOME OF THESE
BECOMING SEVERE. THE GREATEST THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED EAST TO WEST OVER THE AREA AND IN THE
LISTENING AREA WAS LYING FROM SOUTH OF YORK TO SOUTH OF HOLDREGE AT
10 PM. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY LITTLE AND WILL BE THE
FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORM
MOVEMENT SHOULD BE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY. HOWEVER MOST OF THESE ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND THE MAIN HAZARD WOULD BE
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

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

EWALD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1010 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ060>064-072>077-082>087-251000-
JEWELL KS-MITCHELL KS-OSBORNE KS-PHILLIPS KS-ROOKS KS-
SMITH KS-ADAMS NE-BUFFALO NE-CLAY NE-DAWSON NE-
FILLMORE NE-FRANKLIN NE-FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-HALL NE-
HAMILTON NE-HARLAN NE-KEARNEY NE-NUCKOLLS NE-PHELPS NE-
THAYER NE-WEBSTER NE-YORK NE-

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 522
UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

JEWELL                MITCHELL              OSBORNE
PHILLIPS              ROOKS                 SMITH

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

YORK

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES

ADAMS                 BUFFALO               CLAY
DAWSON                FILLMORE              FRANKLIN
FURNAS                GOSPER                HALL
HAMILTON              HARLAN                KEARNEY
NUCKOLLS              PHELPS                THAYER
WEBSTER

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE...
KEARNEY...LEXINGTON...PHILLIPSBURG AND YORK.

EWALD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1017 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

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

1000 PM     HEAVY RAIN       LOGAN                   39.66N 99.57W
06/24/2005  0.00 INCH        PHILLIPS           KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HEAVY RAIN AND 50+ MPH WINDS. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

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WIRTH