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 May 19, 1:59 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 259 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2001 MAIN FCST PROBLEMS ARE SHRA AND TSRA...HIGH TEMPS AND WINDS BHND STG CDFNT WHEN IT MOVS THRU ON SUN. SFC TROF OF LO PRES EXTDS FM WK SFC LO OVR SWRN MN TO S CNTRL NEB. SOME TSRA HAS DVLPD ALG THIS BNDRY AND ARE MOVG NEWD ALG THE BNDRY. DP UPR SHRTWV TROF WITH ASSOCD CDFNT IS LOCD OVR CNTRL MT AND SRN ID AND IS MOVG RPDLY SEWD. FOR THE NEAR TERM...SHRA AND TSRA WL CONT TO DVLP ALG SFC BNDRY AND BCM MORE WIDESPREAD LTR THIS AFTN INTO TNGT DUE TO INCRG UPR LVL SVGNC ON RGT REAR QUAD OF ANTICYCLONIC JET OVR THE DKTS. ALTHOUGH SHEAR IS WK...SOME ISOLD SVR IS PSBL AS INCDC IN SWODY1 DISC. TSRA ACVTY WL SPREAD ACRS SERN AND SWRN NEB THIS EVE AND NGT. PRECIP ACTVTY CONTS THRU THE NGT INTO TMW AS STG CDFNT APPCHS FM W. NOSE OF STG UPR LVL JET MAX BGNS TO ENTER WRN NEB DURG THE DY. SHRA AND TSRA ARE LKLY ALG FNT AS IT PASSES ACRS OAX CWA DURG THE DY. SOME SHRA MAY LINGER INTO MON MRNG...SPCLY OVR THE SE. PARTLY CLDY MID LVL CLDS ARE LKLY ON MON WITH STG NW WNDS BHND FNT. MAV AND FWC VARY IN HIGHS FOR MON. MAV HAS HIGHSA IN THE 50S...WHILE FWC HdAS HIGHS IN THE 60S. BELIEVE MAV VALUES MAY BE A BIT TOO COOL AS THEY HAVE BEEN RECENTLY...SO WL GO WITH WRMR TEMPS. .OMA...NONE. SMITH
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-200500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 550 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2001 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED BEFORE 1 AM IN EASTERN NEBRASKA...MAINLY TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CREIGHTON TO WAYNE...OMAHA...AND BEATRICE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES OVER THE REGION. THESE STORMS WILL HELP TO PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. INSTABILITY IS MODERATE...AND WIND SHEAR IS WEAK TO MODERATE. THIS SHOULD KEEP MOST STORMS BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT A FEW COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL THIS EVENING OR EARLY TONIGHT. THE RISK WILL BE GREATEST NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT. POLLACK
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:21 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted a few trees and downed 2 power poles. Two roofs were also taken off machine sheds, the damage path was about a quarter of a mile wide.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, May 2001
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