1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 12:55 PM CST, 9 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 155 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001 TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. OVERALL PATTERN WILL BE FOR A DIGGING 500 MB TROF OVER THE WRN U.S. WITH A RIDGE BUILDING FROM THE GULF COAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. EARLY AFTN SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVER OUR AREA. A WEAK CDFNT WAS LOCATED FROM ND THROUGH A LOW IN SD A ND THEN THE FNT STRETCHED BACK INTO WY. WRMFNT WAS LIFTING NEWD ACROSS THE PLAINS. TSTMS SHOULD MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE NRN PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY...WITH WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS KEEPING ANY ACTIVITY OVER OUR AREA ISOLATED AT BEST. THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE A SHORTWAVE TROF MOVING THROUGH SINCE WEAK HIGH BASED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER CNTRL AND NERN NE CONTS TO HANG ON. WILL LIKELY GO WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PCPN IN NRN ZONES TNGT AND LEAVE THE SOUTH DRY. OTHERWISE...HAVE FOLLOWED A COMPROMISE OF THE AVN AND ETA SOLUTIONS FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER AND POPS. EXPECT LOWS TNGT TO BE AROUND 70 OR IN THE LOWER 70S. THERE MAY BE SOME FOG OR STRATUS IN THE AREA LATE TNGT BUT LOW LEVEL MIXING SHOULD BE BETTER THAN LAST NIGHT. HEAT MAY START TO BE A PROBLEM ON MONDAY. RIGHT NOW...WILL NOT GO WITH ANY HIGHLIGHTS. THAT WILL HAVE TO AT LEAST BE CONSIDERED WITH THE 415 AM MON ZONES. HIGHS MONDAY AND TUESDAY SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND 90 TO THE MID 90S. NGM SEEMS OVERZEALOUS WITH ITS QPF MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND HAVE DISCOUNTED IT. MAIN JETSTREAM ENERGY WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH...BUT BY TUE NGT WE MAY START TO SEE SOME EFFECTS FROM SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE AND THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A JET SEGMENT. WILL GO WITH A CHANCE OF TSTMS IN NERN NE TUE NIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FARTHER SEWD. FIRST DRAFT OF THE WORK ZONES WAS SENT. .OMA...NONE. MILLER
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-300600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 500 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001 STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. A FRONTAL BOUNDRY EXTENDS FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH NORTHWEST NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDRY OVER WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT. A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORM7S ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. FOBERT
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 178 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A law enforcement official estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of around 60 mph in Clearwater.
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