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 Sep 7, 1:15 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 215 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 FORECAST CHALLENGES -- PRECIPITATION CHANCES SYNOPSIS -- FRONT IS NOT MAKING VERY FAST PROGRESS SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. A WEAK WAVE AHEAD OF THE STRONGER SHORT WAVE NOW ENTERING WESTERN KANSAS HAS BEEN GENERATING SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM BIE NORTHEAST THROUGH OMA TO HNR AND RDA. ANOTHER STRONG WAVE IS DROPPING SOUTH SOUTHEAST INTO WYOMING ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF A LOW OVER MANITOBA. THIS WAVE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A 120-140 KNOT JET CORE AND HEIGHT FALLS OF 18 DECAMETERS AT TFX THIS MORNING. FORECAST -- THE FIRST MINOR WAVE MOVING NORTHEAST HAS BEEN GENERATING OCCASIONALLY STRONG BUT NOT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWA. THERE HAS BEEN A STRONG PUSH SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO AND FAR WESTERN KANSAS AT THE SURFACE BUT LITTLE EFFECTIVE PUSH FURTHER EAST. THE NEXT CONVECTION GROUP APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED WITH THE SHORT WAVE IN WESTERN KANSAS. SOME ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR AHEAD BUT CLOUDS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WOULD INDICATE SOUTHERLY FLOW IS PUSHING BACK NORTH AGAINST THE FRONT. ACTIVITY ACROSS AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. ASSUMING THE ETA IS CORRECT THE WAVE SHOULD PUSH THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. COOLER AIR SHOULD POUR IN BEHIND. THE NEXT WAVE WILL CONTINUE SOUTH SOUTHEAST. ALL THREE MODELS WANT TO GENERATE A LOW ALOFT WITH THE SYSTEM...ALTHOUGH TIMING AND DETAILS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. NET RESULT IS THAT IT WILL BE RELUCTANT TO COME OUT...AND GET TIME ENOUGH TO GET SOME MOISTURE IN AHEAD OF IT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COOL WITH THE NEXT BEST THREAT OF PRECIP AFTER TONIGHT ON SATURDAY NIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIP WED AND THU IN THE EXTENDED. .OMA...NONE. POWERS
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-080105- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 520 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH 800 PM CDT. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. MILLER
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:20 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail from golfball size hail up to 3 inches in diameter fell from 2 miles west of Wilber into Wilber.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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