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 Apr 15, 2:35 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 335 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2003 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE HANDLING THE PASSAGE OF TWO STRONG LOWS DURING THE FORECAST PD. IN THE SHORT TERM...SFC BASED INSTABILITY HAS BEEN HELD BACK BY EXTENSIVE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ABV A WARM DRY WEDGE OF AIR UP TO 600 MB IN MORNING SOUNDING...WITH A STEEP LAPSE RATE IN THE DRY LYR. UPPER JET AND MID LEVEL CDFNT PUNCHING NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHERN PLAINS SHOULD DESTABILIZE ENTIRE AIRMASS THIS EVE AND EARLY TNGT. EXPECT WIDESPREAD PRECIP...BUT SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED BY LACK OF A GOOD FOCUSING BOUNDARY. WEDNESDAY...ETA HAS TRENDED TO GFS SOLUTION WITH COLD CORE CLOSED LOW PASSING TO OUR SOUTH ALOFT...BUT THERE IS STILL AN INVRTD TROF AND DRY SLOT THAT MAY ALLOW SOME HEATING IN SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA IN THE FORENOON...WHICH COULD RESULT IN MORE TSTMS. FURTHER INTO THE COLD AIR...EXPECT MORE WDSPRD RAIN WITH MAYBE SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER. AFT DISCUSSION WITH GID...DECIDED TO LEAVE OUT MENTION OF WIND ADVSRY WED. WE ARE IN A WEAKER GRADIENT THAN FURTHER WEST...AND PROGGED 850 WINDS LOOK INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT AN ADVSRY YET. WE WILL LIKELY BE CLOSE TO CRITERIA IN OUR WESTERN COUNTIES BY AFTN. PRECIP SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA FAIRLY RAPIDLY WED NIGHT...BUT EXPECT ENOUGH WIND AND STRATOCU TO PREVENT A FREEZE THU MORNING. NEXT WEATHER MAKER WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SW DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD FOR MORE PRECIP BY FRIDAY AFTN...CONTINUING INTO SAT AND PERHAPS SAT NIGHT. THIS IS ANOTHER CLOSED LOW ALOFT WITH SFC LOW PASSING THROUGH OR JUST SOUTH OF OUR FCST AREA...SO BEST POPS WILL BE IN THE NORTH...BUT OVERALL PRECIP IS LIKELY. RAISED POPS CONSIDERABLY FOR THE PERIODS WITH BEST CHC OF RAIN...THEN DRIED THE FCST OUT SUNDAY. IF COLD AIR LINGERS ALOFT...THERE COULD STILL BE A FEW SHOWERS LEFT DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY ARE GETTING INTO THE RIDGE AXIS AND REALLY SHOULD BE DRY. NEXT CHC OF PRECIP A POSSIBLE PRECURSOR SHORT WAVE EJECTING AHEAD OF DIGGING WEST COAST TROF NEXT TUESDAY IN ENSEMBLES. WORTH ONLY A SLGT CHC AT THIS POINT. TEMPS MORE SEASONABLE THAN RECENTLY. DID NOT HAVE ANY BASIC DISAGREEMENTS WITH HPC GUID IN LATER PDS. DRY SLOT COULD PLAY HAVOC WITH TEMPS TOMORROW...BUT IT WILL BE TOUGH TO PLACE THIS FEATURE CORRECTLY IN SPACE OR TIME. 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>093-161130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 515 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AS A LARGE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL SHIFT TO NEAR AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. IF ENOUGH AFTERNOON HEATING OCCURS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE ENVIRONMENT COULD BECOME FAVORABLE FOR MINI-SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM CROSSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE STORM TRACK IS STILL UNCERTAIN...AND SO IS THE AMOUNT AND TIMING OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. CHERMOK
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at close to 60 mph flattened some plants and grass northwest of Barada.
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