Update #1: Critical Weather Day has been extended until May 22, 2019 1200Z J/D 142 Because of the continued severe weather and flooding threat over parts of the plains.

Topic: Critical Weather Day has been declared

Date/Time Issued: May 20, 2019 1646Z

Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 17, 2019 1200Z J-day 137

Date/Time of Expected End: May 21, 2019 1200Z J-day 141

Length of Outage: 96 hours

Type: Regional

Who: NCEP, NWSTG, NCF, Central and Southern Region

Reason: Enhanced risk of severe weather across portions of the Great Plains this weekend and into early next week.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 or Senior Duty Meteorologist at Sdm@noaa.gov at 301-683-1500

Web Site(s) for applicable Information: Users can get CWD status on the NCEP web page: http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/cwd/

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