Hail in Nebraska, May 8, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
320 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

MAIN CONCERN IS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES
FOR SERN NE.  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 305 IS VALID UNTIL 900 PM.
SFC ANLYS AT 3 PM SHOWED LOW PRES CENTER OVER WRN KS WITH STG
WRMFNT EXTENDING EWD THRU KS AND INTO MO.  TEMPS WERE IN THE
LOWER 90S WEST OF THE DRYLINE AND DEWPOINTS WERE IN THE LOWER
TO MID 70S AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...WOW.  VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE TROF
TO LIFT NEWD ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING AREAS OF TSTMS.  SOME
PARTS OF THE AREA ARE VERY WET...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA BTWN
ABOUT OMA...OLU AND SUX.  SO FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLY
TODAY HAS BEEN EXPANDED A BIT.  MAIN PCPN SHOULD END IN THE
1 TO 3 AM TIMEFRAME TNGT...WITH MUCH DRIER AIR SPREADING EWD
AS LOW PRES MOVE INTO SWRN MN LATE TNGT.

EXPECT MAINLY DRY WEATHER ON FRI WITH WESTERLY WINDS AND DRIER
AIR IN PLACE.  ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES THRU FOR SAT INTO SAT NGT
AS SOME MOISTURE RETURNS.  ETA DELAYS PCPN UNTIL SAT NGT...BUT
WILL MAINTAIN SOME POPS FOR SAT ALL ZONES IN A COMPROMISE WITH
AVN AND ETA SOLUTIONS.  MON AND TUE SHOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES TO
DRY OUT...WITH MORE TSTMS POSSIBLE WED INTO THU.

DISCUSSION ABBREVIATED BECAUSE OF SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.

.OMA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TNGT FOR MUCH OF ERN NE AND SWRN IA
MAINLY SE OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO ONAWA.

MILLER

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1155 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OVER
THE REST OF THE AREA.  THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA THROUGH THE EVENING.  THIS IS A POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE
SITUATION.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS BY THIS EVENING...AND A WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM THE LOW INTO MISSOURI.  EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE
LIFTED NORTH INTO THE AREA...AND VERY STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
IS EXPECTED.  THIS SHOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN
IOWA SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY.  THOSE IS SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA ARE URGED TO BE READY TO ACTIVATE
RAPIDLY MID TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

MILLER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
449 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2003

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

0438 PM    7 SW FAIRBURY             NE   1 INCH HAIL
05/08/03   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
516 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2003

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

0515 PM    FAIRBURY                  NE   FLOOD
05/08/03   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.