School Number 173, NE Hazardous Weather Outlook

School Number 173, Nebraska

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1121 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008
Expiration: 1130 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS
ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. THE MAIN THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS BUT LOCAL STORM ENVIRONMENTS MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR
A BRIEF TORNADO.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS WYOMING AND
INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AS THE DISTURBANCE
APPROACHES. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AND INTO PARTS
OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE EVENING.

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

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES SATURDAY ACROSS WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH THROUGH THE
AREA. LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN IS ALONG AND EAST OF
HIGHWAY 83. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND
EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183 LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY EVERY DAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE
WILL BE MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AT TIMES. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES WILL TRAVERSE THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND ACT ON A
WAVERING STATIONARY FRONT. THE LOCATION OF THE FRONT AND THE
TIMING OF THE DISTURBANCES WILL DICTATE THE LOCATION FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

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THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE