Hazardous Weather Outlook (update for western/SW IA)
August 31st, 2014 by Ric Hanson
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410 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014
TONIGHT AND MONDAY…
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND STRENGTH WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 PM. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH MOST STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS STORMS CONSOLIDATE INTO A LINE CONFIGURATION BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
MINOR FLOODING SHOULD CONTINUE ALONG SOME SMALL STREAMS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THAT FLOODING MAY BE AGGRAVATED OR NEW FLOODING COULD DEVELOP TONIGHT DUE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THE RESULT OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY…
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA AND FOR THE SOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT. MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.