MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES….1217 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH THE SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA BORDER FROM KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THIS EVENING WITH STORMS SPREADING NORTH DURING THE NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THE BETTER CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT FROM CENTRAL INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA, ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AND OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM EXTREME EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THEN RETURNS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME FOR THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.