Tornado in Nebraska, May 21, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
200 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

.DISCUSSION...
PRIMARY CONCERNS WILL REMAIN FOCUSED AROUND CHANCE/COVERAGE/STRENGTH
OF TSTMS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
SHOWED LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SWRN NE WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING
THROUGH NERN NE/NWRN IA AND THEN TO NRN IL. TSTMS HAVE BEEN QUITE
ACTIVE NORTH OF THE FRONT ACROSS NRN IA/SRN MN AND SWRN WI. SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH/DRYLINE EXTENDED SOUTHWARD OVER THE HIGH PLAINS.
SURFACE DEWPOINTS WERE MAINLY IN THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70 LOCALLY.
AIRMASS WAS WELL MIXED SOUTH OF THE FRONT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
80S. EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST AND THEN MOVE INTO THE
AREA...BUT WE COULD ALSO GET DEVELOPMENT ACROSS ERN NE AND SWRN IA.
CAP STRENGTH HAS BEEN DECREASING LAST FEW HOURS. WILL KEEP HIGHEST
POPS ACROSS NERN NE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME SEVERE POSSIBLE
NRN AND CNTRL ZONES WHERE BETTER WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL BE
JUXTAPOSITIONED THE NEXT 6-12 HOURS.  HAVE LOW TEMPERATURES FROM THE
LOWER TO MID 60S NORTH...AND MID TO UPPER 60S SOUTH TONIGHT.

FLOW PATTERN ALOFT WILL UNDERGO SOME CHANGES AS TROUGH OVER THE WRN
U.S. AND RIDGE OVER THE SERN U.S. BOTH WEAKEN. THIS LEADS TO A MORE
WESTERLY/ZONAL FLOW BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THEN...FRONT IS STILL
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. NONE OF
THE SHORT RANGE MODELS HAVE BEEN HANDLING THE QPF SITUATION VERY
WELL...BUT BELIEVE ETA MAY BE THE BEST OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE. SERN NE
SHOULD REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTOR SATURDAY..WITH BEST BET FOR STORMS
AND HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NERN NE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
THIS PCPN AND STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING EWD SHOULD HELP FORCE
BOUNDARY SEWD OUT OF SERN NE/SWRN IA EARLY SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE
CENTER SHOULD HELP PULL FRONT BACK NORTH DURING THE DAY SUNDAY INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT.  CUTOFF LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE WEST COAST
OF CA BY THE MID PART OF NEXT WEEK...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW OUR LOCAL
AREAS TO BECOME MORE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NRN STREAM ENERGY. THIS
WOULD PROBABLY KEEP US GENERALLY ON THE COOLER SIDE...AND HAVE HIGHS
FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY IN THE 70S.

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.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.

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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.

MILLER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
546 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

IAZ043-055-056-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050-065-221116-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-HARRISON IA-
KNOX-MADISON-MONONA IA-PIERCE-PLATTE-SEWARD-SHELBY IA-STANTON-
THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
546 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT COULD CONTAIN LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IF INTENSE
STORMS MANAGE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. LOCAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN
WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA LATER TONIGHT.

VERY UNSTABLE AIR HAS OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA.  IN ADDITION...A
WARM FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO THE WEST AND NORTH
OF NORFOLK.  WARMER AIR ALOFT HAS LIMITED...TEMPORARILY
ANYWAY...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE AREA. IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN
MANAGE TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...
SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.  OTHERWISE...
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST
TOWARD THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING.

ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT ON
SATURDAY WHICH IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS NEAR
THE FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION.  HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD SATURDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS NEXT FRIDAY.  LATER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOKS WILL ADDRESS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION TONIGHT AND
AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

IAZ069-079-080-090-091-NEZ051>053-066>068-078-088>093-221116-
CASS-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS IA-
MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-
SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-
546 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OUTLOOK
AREA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MID EVENING.  LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS.

VERY UNSTABLE AIR HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA.  HOWEVER...WITH THE WARM
FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA AND WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT LIMITING
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES THIS EVENING ARE
BETTER WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. IF THUNDERSTORMS DO
MANAGE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...THE HIGH INSTABILITY PRESENT
COULD ALLOW STORMS TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE.  A LITTLE HIGHER CHANCE
OF STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS LATER TONIGHT AS ACTIVITY
ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS COULD MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION.
HOWEVER...THE MAJORITY OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT COULD REMAIN
MOSTLY NORTH OF THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING AND
SATURDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.  LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER
STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS NEXT FRIDAY.  LATER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOKS WILL ADDRESS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED
TONIGHT AND A SOMEWHAT HIGHER PROBABILITY SATURDAY EVENING.

CHERMOK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
811 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0748 PM     HAIL             W OSMOND                42.36N 97.60W
05/21/2004  0.75 INCH        PIERCE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADAMS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
812 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0806 PM     HAIL             3 NW PIERCE             42.23N 97.57W
05/21/2004  0.75 INCH        PIERCE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADAMS