Hail in Nebraska, June 22, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
250 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

FORECAST CHALLENGE SURROUNDS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS...AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACED A SURFACE TROF FROM NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...WHILE AREA RADARS SHOWED MOST OF
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EARLY THIS MORNING WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO SOUTH DAKOTA.  FIRST ISSUE WILL BE CONVECTION
THIS MORNING.  00Z ETA LOOKS TO SUFFER BADLY FROM CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK TODAY INTO TONIGHT...AND HAVE GONE CLOSER TO THE GFS.  THE
LOW LEVEL JET AND 850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT VECTORS SUGGEST THE
FAVORED AREA FOR CURRENT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO MOVE WILL BE MAINLY
ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND POSSIBLY
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.  CORFIDI VECTORS WOULD ALSO SUGGEST MOVING
CURRENT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO THE NORTHEAST WHICH AGAIN MAY CLIP
THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CWA.  WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS IN NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA THIS MORNING TO COVER.

PROBLEM THEN BECOMES POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
THE TROF IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST TODAY BRINGING LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.
MOISTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS CURRENTLY IN THE
MID 60S AND CAPE VALUES ARE FORECAST TO EXCEED 4000 J/KG THIS
AFTERNOON.  0-6KM SHEAR VALUES OF UP  TO 40 KTS WOULD SUGGEST
SUPERCELLS ARE A GOOD BET.  SPC NEW DAY 1 OUTLOOK ALSO HAS THE
ENTIRE CWA IN A MODERATE RISK...SO WILL ADD MENTION OF POSSIBLE
SEVERE IN THE ZONES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ON MONDAY...IT APPEARS THAT A RATHER STRONG CAP SHOULD BE IN PLACE
ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AS 700 MB
TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE +12 TO +14 CELSIUS RANGE.  CURRENT
FORECAST IS DRY BASED ON THE CAP HOLDING...AND WILL CONTINUE A DRY
FORECAST DURING THE DAY...BUT AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA WHICH WILL BE CLOSER TO THE CAPS EDGE AND IN AN AREA OF
BETTER LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.  HAVE THEN HELD ONTO POPS MONDAY NIGHT
AS THE CAP WEAKENS A BIT...WITH AGAIN THE BEST CHANCES OVER
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA IN THE AREA OF STRONGER LOW LEVEL FORCING.  MADE
FEW CHANGES TO THE OUTER PERIODS WITH A BOUNDARY STILL AFFECTING THE
AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNEDAY...AND THEN IT FINALLY SHIFTS SOUTH FOR
THURSDAY.

.OMA...NONE.

KING

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
510 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TODAY INTO TONIGHT.  THE ATMOSPHERE
IS EXPECTED TO BECOME PRIMED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON DUE TO ABUNDANT MOISTURE ALONG WITH EXTREMELY UNSTABLE
AIR.  WIND SHEAR PROFILES INDICATE THAT SUPERCELLS ARE
LIKELY...WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.  A FEW TORNADIC STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WILL
CONTINUE MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY AS VERY UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS
IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION.  THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...HOWEVER IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE
THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT.

KING

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
943 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

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

0934 AM    HAMBURG                   IA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03   FREMONT                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.