Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
000 FLUS43 KLBF 211522 AAA HWOLBF HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1022 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-221530- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 1022 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008 /922 AM MDT TUE OCT 21 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL JET WILL APPROACH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN STRONG DESTABILIZATION ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. MEANWHILE...SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THIS CLEARING...COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE. AS A RESULT...STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT QUICKLY MOVES SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A POTENT WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...WHERE HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS...GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...TO PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN AREAS WITH BLOWING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE AS WELL. WINTRY WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO LIVESTOCK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PHONE IN PRECIPITATION AND SNOW FALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS PERTAINING TO THE APPROACHING WINTER STORM SYSTEM. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE $$ GARNER
