North Platte, NE...Lexington, NE...Colby, KS...Imperial, NE...Taylor, NE...
Forecast Discussion
SPC AC 250057
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0757 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013
VALID 250100Z - 251200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER A PORTION OF THE CNTRL
HIGH PLAINS...
...EXTREME NERN CO...NWRN KS INTO A PORTION OF WRN AND CNTRL NEB...
ISOLATED STORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGH PLAINS EARLY THIS
EVENING PERSIST MAINLY ACROSS NWRN KS INTO SWRN NEB. THESE STORMS
WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY
STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS NEXT FEW HOURS AS THEY DEVELOP THROUGH
THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THE LBF 00Z RAOB INDICATES 1800
J/KG MLCAPE AND AROUND 30 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR. THE LLJ IS
STRENGTHENING AND UPDRAFT ROTATION WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH A FEW
STORMS. A SMALL WINDOW MAY EXIST FOR A TORNADO OR TWO AS 0-2 KM
HODOGRAPHS INCREASE IN SIZE AND BEFORE THE BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES.
STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO A CLUSTER AND PROPAGATE EWD
THROUGH SRN/CNTRL NEB.
LATER TONIGHT ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP FARTHER NE ACROSS NERN
NEB INTO SERN SD AND NWRN IA WITHIN ZONE OF ISENTROPIC LIFT AND
THETA-E ADVECTION ON NOSE OF STRENGTHENING LLJ. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
LIKELY BE ELEVATED...BUT MAY POSE AT LEAST A MODEST RISK FOR HAIL.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REF SWOMCD 793.
...SRN PLAINS...
ISOLATED STORMS PERSIST SWD THROUGH THE SRN HIGH PLAINS OF SERN CO
INTO ERN NM WITHIN A WEAK SHEAR ENVIRONMENT. STEEP LAPSE RATES...
MODERATE INSTABILITY AND INVERTED-V ENVIRONMENTS WILL SUPPORT A
THREAT OF ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
ACTIVITY IS PRIMARILY DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND SHOULD BEGIN A GRADUAL
DECREASE WITH ONSET OF NOCTURNAL COOLING.
OTHER MULTICELL STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WRN THROUGH CNTRL OK ARE
WITHIN A WEAK SHEAR ENVIRONMENT...BUT STRONG INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPE
FROM 2500-3000 J/KG. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL MAY OCCUR
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...BUT ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH
LATER THIS EVENING WITH ONSET OF NOCTURNAL COOLING.
..DIAL.. 05/25/2013
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