1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 13, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 250 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES CENTER AROUND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS...THEN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DURING THE WEEKEND. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN IOWA ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND ON WESTWARD TO NERN CO. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT WITH WEAK WAVE MOVING OUT OF SRN SD AND INTO NORTHEASTERN NEB. CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN QUITE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH HIGH CAPE VALUES AND STEEP LAPSE RATES. STORMS TAKING ON A EAST TO WEST LINEAR APPEARANCE...MAINLY ALONG A DEWPOINT DISCONTINUITY LINE WITH LOWER 60S TO THE NORTH AND LOWER 70S TO THE SOUTH. STRONG WINDS LOOK QUITE POSSIBLE OUT OF THESE STORMS WITH DRY LAYER NOTED ON THE 12Z OAX SOUNDING IN THE 700-500MB LAYER. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE EAST SOUTHEAST AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...MAINLY CLOSER TO LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. ANOTHER MID LEVEL WAVE WILL TOP THE RIDGE TOMORROW AND PROVIDE A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH INSTABILITY AXIS EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES THRU REMAINDER OF FORECAST PERIOD WITH TIMING OF WEAK WAVES KEY TO MENTION OF TSTMS. RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY DAY 7...GIVING BETTER CHANCE FOR LONGER DURATION PCPN EVENT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST WITH DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S FOR THE MOST PART. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && GRIFFIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 447 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-141100- ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS- FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON- MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE- PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD- SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- 447 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. THE STORMS SHOULD END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS THE DISTURBANCE PASSES THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED CLOSE TO A COLD FRONT THAT IS SITUATED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHERN IOWA. STORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING SHOULD SPREAD EAST ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. GRIFFIS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
316 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004
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0308 PM HAIL 1 E TILDEN 42.04N 97.81W
07/13/2004 1.00 INCH MADISON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
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DFThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A NWS Cooperative Observer reported that thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at least 60 mph downed some 6 inch diameter tree limbs in town.
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