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 Jun 29, 2:10 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 310 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 .DISCUSSION... SYNOPSIS...00Z SUBJECTIVE UPPR AIR ANLYSIS INDCD AN UPPR LVL RIDGE FM THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE MID MS RVR VALLEY. AT H3 A 70 KT JET SEGMENT WAS NOTED OVR CO WITH BROAD DIFLUENCE ACRS THE CNTRL PLAINS. NEXT UPSTRM JET MAX WAS LOCATED OVR OR/NV. AT H5 SHRTWV TROF EXTNDD FM WRN DAKOTAS INTO WRN NEB AT 00Z WITH NEXT UPSTRM SHRTWV TROF ASSOCIATED WITH 30 M HEIGHT FALLS OVR ERN UT/WRN CO. EML VERY EVIDENT AT H7 WITH +15 AT KLBF...BUT STG MID LVL CAA WAS NOTED OVR CO. AT H85 LO WAS LOCATED OVR NRN WY WITH WRMFNT TO THE N OF THE CWA. SIG LO-LVL MOISTURE WAS PRESENT ACRS THE CNTL/NRN PLAINS WITH +15 C DP FM NEB INTO SD. 07Z OBJECTIVE SFC ALYS INDCD LO OVR WRN SD WITH SFC TROF SWD INTO WRN NEB. LATEST KOAX 88-D INCD SCT TSRA DVLPNG ALNG AND E OF THE MO RIVER. FORECAST...MAIN CONCERN FOR TODAY IS CONVECTION. CURRENT TSRA FIRING ON THE EDGE OF EML IN MASS CONVERGENCE ZONE OF THE H85 JET MAX. THIS CONVECTION SHLD CONT TO FIRE INTO THE MRNG HOURS AND WILL GO WITH SCT POPS INITIALLY FOR THIS MRNG. SVR THREAT PRETTY LIMITED THIS MRNG DUE TO A CAPE PROFILE THAT IS MORE LONG AND SKINNY WHICH SEEMS TO BE LIMITING UPDRAFT ACCELERATION. UPPR LVL SHRTWV OVR CO SPREADS EWD INTO THE HIGH PLAINS BY MID DAY...EML W OF FA WL OVERSPREAD THE CWA AND SHLD PUT AN END TO THE MRNG CONVECTION. AS POTENT SHRTWV TROF MOVES ACRS THE CNTRL/NRN PLAINS THIS AFTN...SFC LO PRES WL MV ALNG THE SD/NEB BORDER. THIS SHLD ALLOW FOR A SFC TROF/CDFNT TO MV INTO CNTRL/ERN NEB BY MAX HEATING. GIVEN THE STEEP H5-H7 LAPSE RATES ALREADY IN PLACE...ATMOSPHERE EXPECTED TO RECOVER BEHIND MRNG CONVECTION AND BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE BY AFTN WITH MLCAPE OF 2000-3000 J/KG. WITH TMPS EXPECTED TO SOAR INTO THE 90S THIS AFTN...LITTLE INHIBITION IS EXPECTED BY AROUND 21-23Z. THUS A SCT LINE OF TSRA IS EXPECTED BY VERY LATE THIS AFTN AND INTO THE EVNG HOURS ALNG THE SFC TROF. FAVORABLE DEEP-LAYER BULK SHEAR OF 30-40 KT SHLD ALLOW FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION INCLUDING SUPERCELLS. ORIENTATION OF THE SHEAR VECTORS TO THE SFC FORCING SHLD INDC SOME ISO SUPERCELLS INITIALLY...BUT SHLD QUIKCLY BECOME OUTFLOW DOMINATE GIVEN THE WELL-MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER. BUT THIS WELL-MIXED BOUNDARY-LAYER MAY INCREASE THE WND POTENTIAL THIS EVNG. ALSO...AS MID LVL TMPS COOL...THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL IS THERE TOO. LATEST MDLS ARE SLOWER TO PUSH SFC FNT INTO KS TONIGHT AND WL MAINTAIN SOME LO CHC POPS IN THE SRN CWA THRU THE NIGHT. ALSO INCREASED GOING LOWS MOST PLACED TONIGHT. UPPR LVL FLOW BECOMES NWRLY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF UPPR LVL TROF. THIS SHLD LEAD TO A DRY THURS/FRI WITH NR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO FOR TMPS. LOWERED GOING TMPS ON THURSDAY AND FRI NIGHT BOTH...BUT FRI MRNG LOOKS TO BE THE COOLEST WITH SFC RIDGE OVERHEAD. DID INCREASE THE CONVERAGE AREA OF SCHC POPS FOR FRI NIGHT AS GFS/NAM INDC WAA INCREASING OVERNIGHT ON THE NOSE OF A 40 KT H85 LLJ. THIS CHC OF TSRA SHLD CONT OFF AND ON THRU THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && BOUSTEAD/NICHOLSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 445 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-291000- 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- 445 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...MAINLY LATE TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN NEBRASKA IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG SHORT WAVE LIFTING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST DURING THE NIGHT REACHING EASTERN NEBRASKA TOWARD MIDNIGHT WITH PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT MAINLY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. FOBERT
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph blew a tree down on a golf course east of Council Bluffs, knocked several other tree branches down and also blew over some lawn furniture and caused some shingle damage.
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