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 Jun 18, 1:25 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 225 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT ON. SURFACE FEATURES REMAIN WEAK WITH HIGH PRESSURE SITTING OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA AND A WEAK TROF MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SRN NEBRASKA AND SRN IA. ISOLATED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH WEAK SHEAR AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE. SLOW MOVING CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO SHIFT SWD THIS EVENING AS SFC TROF SLIPS TO THE SOUTH. DRIER MID LEVEL AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AS ABOVE MENTIONED SFC HIGH SLIDES SOUTHEAST. WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO SET UP ON FRIDAY. MID LEVEL TROF BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN US AND PUSHES A SHORTWAVE ACROSS NEBRASKA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING LLJ SHOULD HELP A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FIRE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY MAY LINGER INTO SATURDAY AIDED BY LOW LEVEL JET AND SHORTWAVE TRANSLATING EAST. CHALLENGE IN EXTENDED FORECAST BECOMES WHEN NOT TO PUT POPS IN. FRONT THAT IS PROGGED TO SLIDE THRU ON SUNDAY WILL LIKELY BE NEXT FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORMS. EXTENDED MODELS DIVERGE WITH ENSEMBLES TAKING ON A MORE ZONAL PATTERN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE THE GFS DIGS A DEEP TROF ACROSS THE WESTERN US. HAVE STUCK CLOSER TO ENSEMBLES AND LEFT DAYS 6 AND 7 DRY. .OMA...NONE. GRIFFIS
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-182300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1145 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND IN SOUTHWEST IOWA. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SD
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph broke off some tree limbs near Davey.
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