Crookston, NE Hazardous Weather Outlook

Crookston, Nebraska

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 540 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2008
Expiration: 345 AM MST SAT MAY 10 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS
AFTERNOON AND INCREASE AND SPREAD OVER THE REST OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND FRONT WILL BE THE
FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF DOWNBURST TYPE WIND EXCEEDING 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY
IN THE WEST. LATER TONIGHT...HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
STORMS...BUT IT IS NOT LIKELY TO BE AS LARGE AS 3/4 INCH ACROSS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ON SATURDAY...STRONG WIND IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE ADVISORY
CRITERIA OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40
MPH.

THEN...SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...THERE IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF
WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING. WIND WILL BECOME LIGHT TO
CALM BY LATE EVENING AND THE SKY WILL CLEAR. THIS WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO PLUNGE INTO THE MID 20S IN THE NORTHWEST TO THE
MID 30S CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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