000 FLUS43 KOAX 311055 HWOOAX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 555 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2004 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-311700- ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS- FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON- MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE- PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD- SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- 555 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING WELL INTO THE NIGHT. UNSTABLE HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK CAP OF WARM AIR ALOFT WILL HOLD THE WARM AIR IN CHECK FOR A WHILE...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. ISOLATED STORMS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS MORNING SHOULD NOT BE NEARLY AS STRONG. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA ON SUNDAY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN HAZARDS. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY. THIS IS LIKELY TO BE THE BEGINNING OF A PROLONGED HOT PERIOD. HEAT INDICES OF 105 OR ABOVE COULD DEVELOP AS EARLY AS MONDAY AFTERNOON... DEPENDING ON HUMIDITY LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM. $$ POLLACK