1 hail, 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 Jul 8, 12:53 PM CST, 10 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 153 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. IN THE SHORT TERM...INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON FOR ACTIVE WEATHER IN THE CWA OVERNIGHT. LATEST SPC DAY 1 SEEMS TO HAVE MOVED THE MDT RISK AREA FARTHER INTO OUR CWA. GREATEST INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON FOUND JUST SOUTH OF A NEARLY STATIONARY WARM FRONT HUGGING THE NEB/KS BORDER. A MOIST ENVIRONMENT PLUS BREAKING CLOUDS WERE ALLOWING MLCAPES TO EXCEED 3400 J/KG...WITH THE INSTABILITY AXIS NOSING INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. THE LATEST ETA/GFS/RUC SEEM TO IMPLY LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT THRU THIS EVENING. THIS SHOULD FOCUS DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80...AS DEPICTED BY PROGGED SCP/SIGSVR/SSCTOR RUC PARAMETERS. WILL THEREFORE BUMP UP POPS FROM THE PREVIOUS FCST AND MENTION POSSIBLE SEVERE. THE WARMING TREND GETS UNDERWAY FRIDAY AS THE MODELS BUILD AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE INTO THE PLAINS AND SOUTHERLY FLOW PREVAILS AT THE LOW LEVELS. MEANWHILE THE MAV AND MET FOCUS HIGHER POPS TO THE EAST OF THE CWA. WILL THEREFORE PULL POPS FROM THE FCST SINCE NO REAL DISTINGUISHING FEATURES STAND OUT TO SUGGEST CONVECTION. WILL LEAVE FCST DRY THRU SATURDAY AS WELL...AS PER LOW MOS POP GUIDANCE. BY SATURDAY NIGHT THOUGH...THE ETA IS ADVERTISING A POTENT MID LEVEL WAVE EJECTING OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS AND RIDGING OVER THE WEAKENED UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THE MAV HITS THE DAKOTAS & PARTS OF NE NEB HARD WITH POPS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GOING FCST LOOKS REASONABLE WITH SMALL CHANCE NORTH AND SLGT CHANCE SOUTH. OTHERWISE LOOKING DRY AND WARM FROM SUNDAY INTO MOST OF NEXT WEEK. BY THURSDAY...THE GFS SHOWS THE RIDGE RETROGRADING WITH NW FLOW PREVAILING ABOVE. THIS IN TURN ALLOWS A COLD FRONT TO PUSH THRU THE DAKOTAS AND INTO THE PLAINS. WILL HOLD OFF MAKING ANY SIGNIFICANT TEMP CHANGES UNTIL MODELS SHOW SOME CONSISTENCY WITH THIS FEATURE. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && DEE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 546 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-091100- 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- 546 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE. A CAP OF WARM AIR ALOFT IS HOLDING STRONG INSTABILITY IN CHECK. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN BREAK THROUGH THIS CAP COULD RAPIDLY BECOME VIOLENT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER TONIGHT AS STORMS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. INSTABILITY WILL BE MORE LIMITED...BUT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING IN FAR SOUTHERN NEBRASKA...AND LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. POLLACK
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:48 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter damaged crops around Albion. Other crop damage was reported near Cedar Rapids and Loretto. The hail was driven by gusty winds.
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