Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
255 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGES -- SEVERE/HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL THIS EVENING

SYNOPSIS -- 18Z SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS INDICATED THE PRIMARY SYNOPTIC
COLD FRONT FROM NERN MN TO NERN NEB TO ERN WY.  A SECOND, WEAKER AND
LESS PROGRESSIVE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM CNTRL IA THROUGH
SERN NEB INTO W-CNTRL KS.  CONVECTION HAS INITIATED THIS AFTERNOON
BETWEEN THESE TWO BOUNDARIES OVER CNTRL NEB ALONG AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY FROM MORNING CONVECTION.  18Z LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWED CAPE
VALUES OF 1500-2500 J/KG BETWEEN THESE TWO BOUNDARIES OVER ERN
NEB/SWRN IA WITH PROFILER DATA INDICATING MID LEVEL FLOW OF 35-45 KT
OVER THE AREA.  OVER FAR SERN NEB, AIRMASS IS MORE STABLE AND LIKELY
RECOVERING FROM MORNING CONVECTION AS SEEN IN THE 18Z TOP SOUNDING.

FORECAST -- IN THE SHORT TERM, SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL
POTENTIAL IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN.  CONVECTION SHOULD INCREASE IN
COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SHORTWAVE (MOST EVIDENT AT
700 MB IN THIS MORNINGS UPPER AIR ANALYSIS AND CURRENT PROFILER
DATA) MOVES INTO THE AREA.  ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVEL SHEAR REMAINS QUITE
WEAK, DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS SUFFICIENT FOR SCATTERED SEVERE
CONVECTION.  HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL SHOULD REMAIN CONFINED TO OUR
SRN CWFA TONIGHT (OWING LARGELY TO WEAKER FORECAST STORM MOVEMENT)
AS THE ETA FORECASTS A RELATIVELY WEAK LOW LEVEL JET, WHICH VEERS TO
WLY BY 13/06Z.  ALTHOUGH WE WILL ADJUST POP WORDING ACCORDINGLY
PRIOR TO ZONE ISSUANCE, WE WILL TENTATIVELY TAPER POPS NWD THROUGH
THE CWFA.

THE CLOSED MID LEVEL SYSTEM, CURRENTLY MOVING SEWD INTO ND, WILL
DRIVE A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY.  GOOD
MIXING SHOULD SUPPORT BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS CLOSER TO THE
WARMER FWC VALUES.  ALTHOUGH MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL COOL ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE MID LEVEL SYSTEM TO OUR
E, WE BELIEVE THAT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD BE SCOURED ENOUGH TO
LEAVE THE FORECAST DRY INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE ECMWF AND AVN EXTENSION ARE IN DISAGREEMENT ON THE TIMING OF THE
NEXT SHORTWAVE TO AFFECT OUR AREA ON EITHER SUNDAY OR MONDAY.  HPC
GUIDANCE HAS LEANED MORE TOWARD THE MORE PROGRESSIVE AVN, WHICH
APPEARS REASONABLE AT THIS TIME.  THUS, WE WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF
THUNDER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY, WITH A DRY FORECAST THEREAFTER.

.OMA...NONE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1115 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
IOWA...

AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
LATE TODAY WILL PUSH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA. AN ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL MAKE IT IDEAL
FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY EAST OF A
LINE FROM OMAHA TO FAIRBURY...AND ALL THE WAY INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST
IOWA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO BE LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA.

SPOTTER GROUPS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA...
SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR PREFERRED LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
103 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 6 PM
CDT.  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL
BUILD EAST INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BEING THE MAIN HAZARDS.

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY.	A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA...WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING... PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.  THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF
INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR... SUGGEST THE LIKELIHOOD
OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS
AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO KANSAS AND MISSOURI ON THURSDAY
WITH NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATIC
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/OAX OR AT WEATHER.GOV (LOWER CASE).

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