Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Omaha, NE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
243 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 242 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

RAP13 IS ADVERTISING ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION LATER
TONIGHT WITH FOCUS  FOR STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-80. SPC MESO ANALYSIS
REVEALING THE ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE
PARTICULARLY ALONG THE NEB/KS BORDER WHERE AFTN HEATING/CLEAR SKY
HAS PUSHED MLCAPES ..... SO JUST A MATTER OF TIME NOW FOR CONVECTIVE
INITIATION.

FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...RAP13 IS INDICATING THE GREATEST POTENTIAL
FOR THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING TO BE REALIZED WILL BE FOUND SOUTH OF
THE I-80 CORRIDOR IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO LAST NIGHTS AXIS OF
STOUT RAINFALL ACCUM WHERE CURRENT 1HR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS
GENERALLY 1.5" TO 2". GIVEN BRUNT OF ACTIVITY WILL BE FARTHER
SOUTH...HAVE REMOVED DOUGLAS/POTTAWATTAMIE/HARRISON/SHELBY COUNTIES
FROM GOING WATCH HEADLINE.

GOOD PCPN EFFICIENCY CONSISTING OF DEEP WARM CLOUD COINCIDENT TO
LYR/LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND STOUT POOLING OF GULF MOISTURE
ALONG A STALLED BNDRY SETTING UP OVER THE SRN CWA OVERNIGHT WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO PUSHING PWS VALUES TO 2" OR SO. IN ADDITION...EXPECT
RAIN INTENSITY WILL QUICKLY INCREASE WITH ONSET OF LLVL JET. EXTREME
INSTABILITY IS PROGGED AS WELL WITH MUCAPES OF 3000-4000J/KG. GIVEN
ALL THIS...APPEARS THAT LANCASTER/CASS/OTOE COUNTIES IN
NEB...MILLS/MONTGOMERY/FREMONT/PAGE COUNTIES IN IA WILL BE
PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO A FLASH FLOOD EVENT TONIGHT.

AS FOR SEVERE STORM THREAT...OVERLAPPING PARAMETERS CONSISTING OF
SUBSTANTIAL INSTABILITY/DEEP LYR SHEAR-50KT/PRONOUNCED EFFECTIVE SRH
WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL/HAIL THREAT EARLY ON.
INCREASING THETA-E DIFFERENTIAL AS STORMS BECOME MORE LINEAR IN
NATURE THEN WITH LEAD TO DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREAT.

A SLOW MOVING CANADIAN AIR MASS IS PROGGED TO DROP INTO THE CNTRL
PLAINS THEN MID WEEK WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR PCPN DEVELOPMENT ALONG
THE BNDRY WED NIGHT THRU THUR NIGHT.

OCCURRING WED NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH
COMBINATION OF LLVL THETA-E ADV AND LOW/MID LYR AGEOSTROPHIC FORCING
WITH MOISTURE RETURN RIDING UP ALONG THE HIGH PLAINS. GOING POPS
LOOK REASONABLE SO NOT MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED.

AIR MASS ENVELOPING THE REGION WILL RESULT IN A NOTICEABLE COOL DOWN
WITH HIGHS ONLY TOPPING OUT IN THE MID MID 70S ON TUES/WED...AND
AROUND 80 ON THUR.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 242 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

LARGE SCALE FLOW WILL BECOME HIGHLY AMPLIFIED DURING THE EXTENDED
PDS WITH A DEEP LONGWAVE TROF SETTLING IN OVER THE ERN CONUS.
EVOLVING PATTERN WILL FAVOR DRY CONDITIONS AND CONTINUATION OF BELOW
NORMAL TEMPS WITH AFTN HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOW/MID 70S HEADING
INTO NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPS REBOUND THOUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS
ON MONDAY IN THE UPPER 70S/LOW 80S.

&&

.AVIATION...(18Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 1231 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

VERY COMPLICATED FORECAST WITH A LOT GOING ON. MVFR AT KLNK/KOMA...COULD
BECOME VFR YET THIS AFTERNOON...AT THE SAME TIME THAT SHOWERS MOVE
IN FROM THE WEST...AND COULD EVEN EXPERIENCE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER
THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. BEST POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
01-05Z. THEN IFR AND POSSIBLY LIFR CONDITIONS REDEVELOP BY
08-09Z...BUT SCATTERING BACK OUT BY 08/16-18Z. IFR CONDITIONS AT
KOFK...WITH SHOWERS MOVING IN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...WITH A
CHANCE OF THUNDER. RAIN COULD END AT KOFK BY 23Z...THEN IFR
CONDITIONS REDEVELOP...EVENTUALLY BECOMING LIFR LATER ON.
ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD AFFECT KOFK LATE IN THE NIGHT...BUT THEY
COULD ALSO REMAIN NORTH OF THE SITE TOO...THUS NOT CONFIDENT
ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THAT FAR OUT.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
     MORNING FOR NEZ053-066>068-078-088>093.

IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
     MORNING FOR IAZ079-080-090-091.

&&

SHORT TERM...DEE
LONG TERM...DEE
AVIATION...DEWALD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1145 AM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

IAZ043-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050-051-080645-
MONONA-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-
1145 AM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE BEST SEVERE RISK APPEARS
TO BE SETTING UP SOUTH OF THE REGION. IF STORMS DEVELOP...THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR
TONIGHT.

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ052-053-065>068-078-088>093-
080645-
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
1145 AM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRIMARILY OVER
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. AN ISOLATED TORNADO COULD ALSO OCCUR IN THIS
AREA AS WELL. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY OVERNIGHT...WITH FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED 2 TO 6
INCHES OF RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT TONIGHT.

THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND TRIGGERED
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT HAS LIFTED BACK NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. HIGH INSTABILITY AND MODERATE SHEAR
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE EASTWARD
INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. ALSO...ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC
MOISTURE COMBINED WITH EXPECTED TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING WOULD BE FROM LINCOLN EASTWARD TO
NEBRASKA CITY...TO GLENWOOD...RED OAK AND CLARINDA IOWA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

DEWALD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
334 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0328 PM     TORNADO          5 S FAIRBURY            40.07N 97.18W
09/07/2015                   JEFFERSON          NE   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROPE TORNADO OBSERVED.

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S FAIRBURY            40.05N 97.18W
09/07/2015                   JEFFERSON          NE   PUBLIC

            TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.

&&

VDEWALD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
336 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0332 PM     TSTM WND GST     FAIRBURY                40.14N 97.18W
09/07/2015  E60.00 MPH       JEFFERSON          NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

0334 PM     HAIL             FAIRBURY                40.14N 97.18W
09/07/2015  E1.25 INCH       JEFFERSON          NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

VDEWALD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
343 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0342 PM     HAIL             1 SSE FAIRBURY          40.13N 97.17W
09/07/2015  M1.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            AT HIGHWAY 8 AND HIGHWAY 15.

&&

VDEWALD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
345 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0344 PM     HEAVY RAIN       6 W FAIRBURY            40.14N 97.29W
09/07/2015  M1.15 INCH       JEFFERSON          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OCCURRED IN 20 MINUTES.

&&

VDEWALD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
346 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FAIRBURY                40.14N 97.18W
09/07/2015                   JEFFERSON          NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER OUT THROUGHOUT FAIRBURY.

&&

VDEWALD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
350 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 S ENDICOTT            40.02N 97.10W
09/07/2015  M80.00 MPH       JEFFERSON          NE   AMATEUR RADIO

0345 PM     HAIL             4 S ENDICOTT            40.02N 97.10W
09/07/2015  E1.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          NE   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

VDEWALD