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 May 24, 1:00 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 200 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... ELEVATED CONVECTION WHICH DEVELOPED LATE THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHEAST HAS PRETTY MUCH MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND NOW WAITING FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. 18Z ANALYSIS SHOWED LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOW INTO SERN NEBRASKA NEAR LNK INTO SWRN IA WITH SURFACE TROF FROM CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. SURFACE MOISTURE AXIS EXTENDS INTO SERN NEB WHERE DEWPOINTS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE 70S AT BIE AND FNB. NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA REMAINS UNDER EXTENSIVE BLANKET OF LOW CLOUDS. ENTIRE CWA CURRENTLY UNDER SPC WATCHES WITH ERN HALF ALSO UNDER FFA THROUGH TONIGHT. MAY NEED TO ADJUST TIMING OF STORM EVENT A BIT WITH SHORT RANGE MODELS INDICATING MOST OF THE ACTIVITY EAST OF THE AREA BY MID EVENING AS FRONT PUSHES INTO NRN KS AND NRN MO WITH FOCUS SHIFTING TO THAT AREA. WILL SEE HOW THINGS DEVELOP PRIOR TO ISSUANCE BEFORE DECIDING ON ANY ADJUSTMENT TO FLOOD WATCH. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGE TO REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 4 AM TUE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GAGE TO THURSTON COUNTY. IA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 4 AM TUE ALL COUNTIES. && NOTE...EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC JUNE 8TH THE AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER /PID/ FOR THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION ISSUED BY OMAHA WFO WILL CHANGE TO OMAAFDOAX. THE WMO CODE WILL REMAIN FXUS63 KOAX. FOBERT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 500 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ045-051>053-065>068-078-088>093- 250300- CASS-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER- MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA- RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY IA-WASHINGTON- 500 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... ENDING IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA BY 9 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...FLOODING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE WEEK... ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AND ALSO SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FUTURE OUTLOOKS WILL ADDRESS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. IAZ043-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>044-050-250300- ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-KNOX-MADISON- MONONA IA-PIERCE-PLATTE-STANTON-THURSTON-WAYNE- 500 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE WEEK... ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AND ALSO SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FUTURE OUTLOOKS WILL ADDRESS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. FOBERT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
509 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0454 PM HAIL PAPILLION 41.16N 96.04W
05/24/2004 1.25 INCH SARPY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0503 PM HAIL OFFUTT AFB 41.11N 95.92W
05/24/2004 1.00 INCH SARPY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0500 PM HAIL BELLEVUE 41.16N 95.92W
05/24/2004 1.00 INCH SARPY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JEKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
516 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL OFFUTT AFB 41.11N 95.92W
05/24/2004 0.88 INCH SARPY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JEKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
532 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL 3 E TENNANT 41.60N 95.38W
05/24/2004 1.00 INCH SHELBY IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0430 PM HAIL 5 S HARLAN 41.58N 95.33W
05/24/2004 1.00 INCH SHELBY IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0513 PM HAIL 2 S REYNOLDS 40.03N 97.34W
05/24/2004 1.00 INCH JEFFERSON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JEKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
541 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0507 PM FLASH FLOOD OMAHA 41.26N 96.01W
05/24/2004 DOUGLAS NE EMERGENCY MNGR
FOUR FEET OF WATER AT SADDLECREEK AND RARNAM. CARS
STRANDED AND WATER UP TO CAR WINDOWS.
&&
JEKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
548 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL 4 NE COUNCIL BLUFFS 41.28N 95.81W
05/24/2004 0.75 INCH POTTAWATTAMIE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JEKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
555 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM FLASH FLOOD OMAHA 41.26N 96.01W
05/24/2004 DOUGLAS NE PUBLIC
NEBRASKA HEALTH CENTER ONE WING FLOODED. 4102 WOOLWORTH
AVE.
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JEKThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph destroyed a barn and machine shed in Essex. The wind damage could have been caused by a brief touchdown of a weak tornado as Doppler Radar showed strong rotation in the area.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5395647.