1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 17, 1:57 PM CST, 7 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 257 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2001 THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS THE CONVECTIVE THREAT...WITH TEMPS A SECOND CONCERN. IN THE SHORT TERM...EXPECT ONGOING CONVECTION FROM S CENTRAL TO E CENTRAL NEB AND WRN IA TO SHIFT EAST OUT OF OUR AREA EARLY TONIGHT. 18Z SOUNDING AND COORD WITH SPC SUGGEST THAT THIS CONVECTION WILL REMAIN HIGH BASED...ROOTED IN A SUBTROPICAL MOIST PLUME VISIBLE ON WV AND IR...AND AT THE TOP OF A DEEP WARM LAYER WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES. THE BOTTOM OF THIS LAYER IS ACTING AS A FIRM CAP TO SFC BASED CONVECTION. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT THRU THE EVENING TO MAKE SURE THAT HOT TEMPS IN KS DO NOT BECOME SUFFICIENT TO BREAK THE CAP. THIS CONVECTION AND ASSOCIATED CLOUDS WILL REINFORCE KS/NEB BORDER WARM FRONT FOR A WHILE...BUT EXPECT THIS FRONT TO DISSOLVE LATER TONIGHT AS CAP STRENGTHENS FURTHER AND LLJ BRINGS MOISTURE AND LIFT TOWARD DKTS AND MN. AT THAT POINT...BOUNDARY IN NRN NEB COULD BE ACTIVATED...BUT CAP WILL BE STRONG AND PRECIP CHANCES ARE MUCH BETTER FURTHER N AND E. STRONG LLJ AND WARM 850 TEMPS WILL MEAN MIN TEMPS ABOVE GUID. NEXT CHC FOR TSTMS SHOULD BE AS CDFNT PLOWS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY. AVN AND ETA COMING INTO AGREEMENT...BUT ETA REMAINS A BIT FASTER. WILL LOOK FOR FINAL ADJUSTMENTS IN 18Z MESOETA. BOTH MODELS AGREE THAT 700 MB WARM CAP ERODES RAPIDLY DURING THE DAY WITH COOLER FLOW ALOFT FROM WNW. FRONT WILL PROBABLY MOVE ACROSS NW ZONES TOO EARLY FOR BEST CHC OF CONVECTION...BUT SE IS CLEARLY AT RISK FOR SVR WX AS HOT MOIST AIR IS RELEASED BY ERODING CAP AND FRONTAL CONVERGENCE IN THE LATE AFTN/EVE. AVN AND ETA IN DECENT AGREEMENT THAT CONVECTIVE THREAT CONTINUES FOR SRN ZONES MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AND PERHAPS TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT STALLS OUT TO OUR SOUTH WITH COOLER TEMPS ALOFT AND SOME LIFT OVER BOUNDARY. TEMPS BY THAT TIME WILL DEPEND STRONGLY ON CLOUD COVER. WILL GO FOR A COMPROMISE...AND A LITTLE WARMER THAN AVN MOS IN THE S TUESDAY NIGHT. EXTENDED...HIGH PRES SHOULD KEEP MOISTURE AT BAY UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS. .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>093-180415- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 513 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2001 STORM SPOTTERS ARE LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING IN FAR NORTHERN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITHIN 40 MILES OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. THERE IS SOME CHANCE SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED ELSEWHERE IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME UNSTABLE...BUT A WARM DRY CAPPING LAYER COVERS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST OF THE AREA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EAST ALONG A BOUNDARY FROM NORTHWEST KANSAS TO SOUTHWEST IOWA. A WAVE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA AND A WARM FRONT PASSING THROUGH FAR NORTHERN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA MAY COMBINE TO PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. POWERS
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-180445- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 833 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2001 STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA PRIMARILY TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEWARD THROUGH LINCOLN TO NEBRASKA CITY. IT IS FAR LESS LIKELY THAT SPOTTERS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO THE NORTH OF THAT LINE ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE AIRMASS HAS ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA HAS BECOME UNSTABLE WITH HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT. ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WARM AIR ALOFT IS INHIBITING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCASIONALLY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO THREATEN TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT MAKES LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS LIKELY FROM ANY STRONG @THUNDERSTORM. POWERS
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms which tracked to the south of Lincoln, produced strong outflow winds some 20 or 30 miles north of the storms themselves. These winds broke large tree limbs, uprooted a few trees and blew out a picture window in Lincoln, mainly on the south part of town.
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