Hail in Nebraska, August 26, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
245 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS WILL BE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...AND RESULTANT TEMPERATURE TRENDS.

SURFACE CONVERGENT BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
APPEARS TO BE TIED INTO A TROPICAL PLUME OF MOISTURE FROM THE
SOUTHERN TIER OF STATES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON...
SPECIALLY NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. THESE STORMS WILL PRIMARILY
CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AS SUB-CLOUD LAYER REMAINS QUITE DRY AS NOTED ON
KOAX SOUNDING THIS MORNING AND BUFKIT PROFILES VICINITY STORMS.
WE FEEL THAT THE MOISTURE PLUME SHOULD REMAIN CONFINED TO THE
SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE FA TONIGHT MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

THE MOISTURE PLUME REORIENTS ITSELF ON WEDNESDAY AND BEGINS TO MOVE
BACK NORTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK SHORT WAVE
ALOFT AND AS A SOUTHEASTERLY RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS. THIS SHOULD
SPREAD THE CHANCE OF RAIN BACK INTO THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY
AFTERNOON. THE MOISTURE PLUME THEN GETS PUSHES SLOWLY EASTWARD
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE REAL COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. FOR NOW...WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT FEEL THAT THE BETTER CHANCE EXISTS ON THURSDAY
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.

WE HAVE OPTED TO USE THE SLOWER ETA/CANADIAN SOLUTION TO THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE ON THURSDAY...WHICH WOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM BACK
INTO THE MIDDLE 90S AS AN H85 THERMAL RIDGE PUSHES INTO THE FORECAST
AREA.  WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING
WEST TO EAST THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LINGERING CHANCE OF SHOWERS
SOUTHEASTERN ZONES AS COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THAT AREA FRIDAY
MORNING. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL THEN FILTER IN BEHIND THE
FRONT ON FRIDAY...MORE SEASONAL AND BACK TO NORMAL.

NEXT FORECAST CHALLENGE LIES IN ANY POSSIBLE WEATHER ON SATURDAY.
THE GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN MOVING ANOTHER SHORT WAVE AND AREA OF
MOISTURE. HAVE OPTED TO ADD A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...AND HAVE COOLED TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 70S
BASED ON MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLE PROGS.

THEREAFTER...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH DRY WEATHER AND MILD
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.

.OMA...NONE.

DEWALD

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1220 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  A FEW STORMS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OAKLAND
IOWA TO BEATRICE NEBRASKA...COULD BECOME SEVERE.	THE MAIN
THREAT SHOULD BE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS.

HEAT INDICES SHOULD REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.   CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
THE MAJORITY  OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM...ESPECIALLY ON
THURSDAY...CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OAKLAND TO BEATRICE.

KING

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
329 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0315 PM    1 N DU BOIS               NE   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/26/03   PAWNEE                         SOME TREE DAMAGE.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
341 PM CDT TUE AUG 26 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0325 PM    2 S HUMBOLDT              NE   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/26/03   RICHARDSON                     REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.  WINDOW BLOWN
                                          OUT OF HOUSE