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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1204 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

KSZ005-NEZ039>041-046>048-060>063-072>075-082>084-230000-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0016.080922T1800Z-080923T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-
BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-
FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...ORD...GREELEY...
FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...
KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN
1204 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

SOUTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE NEAR 30 MPH AND GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 45
MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO AROUND
25 MPH AFTER 7 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39
MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$







URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
330 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008


NEZ007-009-010-027>029-038-059-071-222100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0020.080922T1800Z-080923T0300Z/
BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS
330 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
CDT THIS EVENING.

AN AREA OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH
PLAINS. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL STAY STRONG INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE STRONG THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH
ARE LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
CDC








Hazardous Weather Outlook


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1145 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-230645-
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-
1145 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON AFTERNOON HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTS TO
NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES NEAR THE AREA. THOUGH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE NOT LIKELY...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL
AS THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

$$

GRIFFIS




HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1030 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-231530-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
1030 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE
BELLEVILLE AND CONCORDIA AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY TO THE
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL EXPAND TO ALL
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 35 TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A FEW
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

$$







HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
727 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

KSZ005-NEZ039>041-046>048-060>063-072>075-082>084-231200-
PHILLIPS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-
BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-
FRANKLIN-
727 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ALONG
AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO HASTINGS TO AURORA TO
FULLERTON AND FOR PHILLIPS COUNTY IN  NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FROM THE SOUTH OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.  A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE ARE INTERMITTENT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

$$


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
727 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

KSZ006-007-017>019-NEZ049-064-076-077-085>087-231200-
SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-POLK-YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
727 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO HASTINGS TO AURORA TO
FULLERTON AND FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...NOT INCLUDING
PHILLIPS COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FROM THE SOUTH APPROACHING 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.  A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE ARE INTERMITTENT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

$$

HEINLEIN/FAY








HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
459 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-231200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
459 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING
ALONG AND WEST OF A WAGNER SOUTH DAKOTA TO DE SMET SOUTH DAKOTA
LINE. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ARE
POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR BOTH THIS
MORNING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LINGER ALONG AND EAST OF A TYNDALL
SOUTH DAKOTA TO DE SMET SOUTH DAKOTA LINE ON TUESDAY. THE STORMS
SHOULD BE BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 6 PM ALONG AND WEST OF
A WAGNER SOUTH DAKOTA TO DE SMET SOUTH DAKOTA LINE.


&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

$$




HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
436 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

IAZ004>006-015-016-023>025-033>036-044>047-057>059-070>072-081-
082-092-231100-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-
WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-
436 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THERE
IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TONIGHT MAINLY NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 30.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO EXIST LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20.  AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LOW.

$$


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
436 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

IAZ007-017-026>028-037>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-083>086-
093>097-231100-
WORTH-CERRO GORDO-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-
DAVIS-
436 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LOW.

$$

FAB





HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
346 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-230900-
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-
346 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008 /246 AM MDT MON SEP 22 2008/

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

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN BUT
LOCAL STORM ENVIRONMENTS COULD BE CONDUCIVE TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 183 WITH THE THREAT INCREASING
NORTHWARD TOWARD THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA AND RAPIDLY BECOME
SEVERE. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE STRONG SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO COULD FORM.

AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS BUT POSSIBLY LESS SEVERE AND A NORTH SOUTH SQUALL LINE
COULD FORM. THIS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND PRODUCE
ISOLATED TO PERHAPS SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
30 MPH OR GREATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

&&

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

$$

CDC







Short Term Forecast


SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1228 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

IAZ043-055-056-NEZ011-012-015>018-031>034-221900-
ANTELOPE-BURT-CEDAR-CUMING-HARRISON IA-KNOX-MADISON-MONONA IA-PIERCE-
SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARLAN...HARTINGTON...LOGAN...
NELIGH...NORFOLK...ONAWA...PENDER...PIERCE...STANTON...TEKAMAH...
WAYNE...WEST POINT
1228 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

.NOW...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE FROM
AREAS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH 2 PM
CDT...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PIERCE TO LYONS NEBRASKA TO ONAWA
IOWA.  BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE
STORMS.

$$

KLEMM




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