1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 1:20 PM CST, 9 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 220 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 ...UPDATED TO INCLUDE FLOOD WATCH... FORECAST CHALLENGE IS SVR TSTMS TONIGHT AND INTO MON. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS SITUATED ACROSS REGION THIS AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HEATING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA HAS BEEN INHIBITED BY LEFT OVER CONVECTIVE CLOUD COVER AND IS KEEPING CAPE VALUES IN THE 400-1400 J/KG RANGE. SFC TROF EXTENDING FM SD INTO WRN KS HAS A FEW DISTINCT LOWS ALONG IT. 18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS ONE LOCATED JUST W OF KLBF...WITH WRM FNT EXTENDING SEWD TO N CNTRL KS. THIS BOUNDARY OF CONCERN FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH DAYTIME HEATING ALLOWING CAPE VALUES TO BE MUCH HIGHER. SOME FLOODING POTENTIAL EXISTS ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT AS PWS OFF THE 18Z OAX AND TOP SOUNDINGS ARE 1.73 AND 2.09 RESPECTIVELY. CORFIDI VECTORS SLOW DOWN DRAMATICALLY AFTER 06Z AND LLJ STRENGTHENS TO 55-60 KTS AROUND SAME TIME FRAME. ALL OF CWA IN MOD RISK...SEE SWODY1 FOR FURTHER DETAILS. STILL APPEARS THAT STRONG CAP WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. STORMS SHOULD FIRE AGAIN LATE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER NERN NEB NEAR BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND LOWERING CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AREA. NERN NEB AND NWRN IA IN MOD RISK. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AS UPPER TROF BEGINS TO MOVE EAST SENDING SFC LO THRU CNTRL NEB. FNT THEN PUSHES THRU DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY SO HAVE CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THEN. NO MAJOR CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE EXTENDED. .OMA...FLOOD WATCH TNT SERN NEB AND FREMONT COUNTY IA. GRIFFIS
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-231100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 550 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM NORFOLK TO LINCOLN. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND EXTREMELY UNSTABLE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF EASTERN COLORADO AND WYOMING WILL HELP AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AND THEN WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN IOWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ACTIVATED OR PREPARING TO ACTIVATE THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. SMITH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1103 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1055 PM LINCOLN NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 LANCASTER YANKEE HILL RD AND S
25TH. REPORTED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1122 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1117 PM 2 W DAVEY NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 LANCASTER REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.The Omaha radar (KOAX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:19 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail around 3/4 inches in diameter was reported at several places in and near north Lincoln including 48th and Havelock and 162nd and Adams.
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