1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 8, 2:01 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 301 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001 MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIP...MAINLY TONIGHT AND LATER TUESDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES A SECOND CONCERN. IN THE SHORT TERM...I REMAIN SCEPTICAL ABOUT THE SPC MODERATE RISK AREA IN SE CORNER NEB AND SW IA. THE WARM FRONT IN THE AREA IS CERTAINLY AN ACTIVE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY...BUT DRY AIR ALOFT HAS RESULTED IN LOWER SFC DEW POINTS AS IT MIXES DOWNWARD. MORE SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE IS IN THE CU FIELD TO OUR SE...BUT EVEN THAT IS PRESENTLY CAPPED WITH DRY AIR. MODELS DO SUGGEST CONTINUED DEEPENING OF MOIST LAYER THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT NORTH THROUGH EASTERN KS...BUT WE WILL LOSE THE AFTERNOON HEATING...AND MODELS STILL SUGGEST SOME MID LEVEL DRY CAPPING. WILL KEEP POPS ARND 40 PCT IN SE ZONES BUT BACK OFF TO THE NORTH. DOUBT OMA WILL SEE ANYTHING. NRN STREAM SYSTEM IS STRONG ENOUGH TO POP SOME TSTMS IN ERN WY...BY THIS SHOULD PASS NORTH OF US...LEAVING MOST OF OUR AREA BETWEEN SYSTEMS. WILL GO COOLER THAN GUIDANCE IN NORTH WITH LIGHT WINDS AND GOOD RADIATION CONDS...WHILE SOUTH MAY HAVE MORE WINDS AND CLOUDS. MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY DECENT AGREEMENT IN THE LATER PDS. PREFER SLOWER AND MORE NORTH TRACK ETA GIVES NRN PLAINS LOW ON TUESDAY BASED ON THE WESTERN TROUGH STILL DIGGING AND JET LIFTING OUT OF THE FRONT SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. OUR AREA SHOULD REMAIN IN FAIR WEATHER AND WEAK SFC RIDGE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS COULD LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTHEAST AS SFC LOW ALONG FRONT LIFTS OUT. HAVE NO BIG QUARREL WITH NGM MOS. EXPECT CLOUDS TO BE IN THE INCREASE TUESDAY. SOUTHEAST COULD PICK UP SOME SHOWERS AND TSTMS BY LATE IN THE DAY AS SOUTHERN FRONT MAKES ANOTHER SURGE AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE EJECTING FROM WESTERN TROUGH. LOOKS LIKE A GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIP TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST AND A LESSER CHANCE IN THE NW AS A CLOSED LOW BEGINS TO APPROACH...WITH PRECIP LIKELY FOR ENTIRE AREA ON WED UNLESS WE GET INTO THE DRY SLOT. SERIES OF MINOR WAVES COULD KEEP COOL SHOWERY WEATHER ON THU AND FRIDAY...BUT NEXT WEEKEND LOOKS DRIER AS FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL AND A WEAK UPPER RIDGE APPROACHES. .OMA...NONE POLLACK
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-090415- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 458 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001 STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRBURY NEBRASKA TO RED OAK IOWA. A WARM FRONT SOUTHEAST COLORADO ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TIP OF NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL IOWA AND ON THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS IS LIKELY TO ACT AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MOISTURE IS INCREASING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE LARGE HAIL ALTHOUGH TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. LATER IN THE EVENING THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER NORTH BUT THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE SEVERE.IF STORMS DO PUSH THROUGH THE DRY AIR LAYER... THEY COULD BECOME SEVERE. POWERS
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:45 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail up to golfball size was reported across Lincoln, although most of it was under 1 inch.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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