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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1142 AM CDT THU APR 24 2008

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1142 AM CDT THU APR 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE REMAINS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH
OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL
IOWA. THE STRONGER OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE MARGINALLY
SEVERE SIZE HAIL.

THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES INCREASE GREATLY ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH A HIGHER PROBABILITY FOR SEVERE
STORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS....BUT
SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN
ADDITION...ANY OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER
THIS AFTERNOON WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE REGION AHEAD OF LOW
PRESSURE FORECAST TO DEEPEN ALONG THE KANSAS AND COLORADO BORDER.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. STEEP
MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND HIGH VALUES OF SHEAR PRESENT WILL KEEP
THE SEVERE THREAT OVER THE REGION WELL PAST DARK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR
COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR.

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CHERMOK

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