Hail in Nebraska, April 9, 2011

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
255 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

.DISCUSSION...

WARM FRONT BISECTS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON STRETCHING FROM
SOUTHWEST THROUGH EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA.
LATEST FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE CAP ERODING BY LATE AFTERNOON
WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING. SOME TCU ALREADY STARTING TO
SHOW UP ON VISIBLE SATELLITE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AT 19Z.
THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL EXTEND INTO THE EVENING AS STRONG
UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES AND SURFACE LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARDS
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

MOST OF THE CWA EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTOR AT LEAST
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WITH COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH IN THE
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS
THE AREA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT INTO SUNDAY EVENING. DRY WEATHER
FOLLOWS THEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A CHALLENGE ON SUNDAY WITH
THE FRONT IN THE AREA WITH SHARP GRADIENT EXPECTED FROM NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST. LATEST FORECAST BASED ON 12Z GFS TIMING.

EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST STILL LOOKS ACTIVE EARLY ON IN
THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TIME FRAME. MODELS DEVELOP RATHER
DEEP UPPER CIRCULATION OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BUT DIFFER ON
TIMING IN MOVING THE SYSTEM ACROSS THE REGION. FORECAST TRENDED
TOWARD 12Z HPC GUIDANCE AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AVIATION...

TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK

18Z TAFS

TIMING OF ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE WITH
THE AVIATION FORECASTS...AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL IFR CONDITIONS.  THE
MORNING FOG AND IFR CIGS HAVE MOSTLY IMPROVED TO MVFR OR VFR.
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE MOST LIKELY IN THE KOFK AREA
OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WHERE A WARM FRONT WILL BE.  HOWEVER...OTHER
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY ALSO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THERE AFTER 00Z.
HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TAFS AT THE MOST LIKELY
TIMES...BUT UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ON THE EXACT TIMING.  ANY STORMS THAT
DO DEVELOP COULD BE QUITE STRONG TO SEVERE.

OVERNIGHT THE LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL CREATE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
CONDITIONS.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

FOBERT/NIETFELD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
418 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-101130-
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-
418 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

THERE CONTINUES TO BE A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING MAINLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA TO FREMONT TO OMAHA. THE REMAINDER
OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA JUST NORTH OF OMAHA INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA.

THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL
BE BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA OR
NORTHWEST IOWA. THEN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP SHOULD
STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AND BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS.

THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.
STORMS THAT ARE NEAR THE WARM FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT WILL SUPPORT TORNADOES.

A COLD FRONT MOVING IN ON SUNDAY WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES TO THE MAJORITY OF OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN THEN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY EARLY EVENING IN PARTS
OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA...AND MAY BE NEEDED
OVER ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA LATER THIS
EVENING.

FOBERT