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Hazardous Weather Outlook for parts of western/SW IA, 5/10/15

Weather

May 10th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES. 418 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

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

TODAY AND TONIGHT: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL, AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, OR FROM THE HARTINGTON AND WAYNE AREAS TO HARLAN.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS FROM NORFOLK TO THE OMAHA METRO AREA AND INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS…BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON…WITH PEAK TIMING FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY LATE EVENING.

MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT: SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.