1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Mar 30, 1:38 PM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 138 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. IMMEDIATE CONCERNS WILL BE ONGOING CONVECTION. CURRENTLY UNDER A MODERATE RISK WITH A TORNADO WATCH OUT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS THE DOUBLE-BARRELED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FM SD THRU NC KS. 50S TO LOWER 60S DEWPOINTS ARE STREAMING NORTHWARD AND SHEAR/INSTABILITY PARAMETERS ARE BEING MAXIMIZED OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THIS AREA WILL BE THE FOCUS...SHIFTING INTO SW IOWA AS THE SFC LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SHORT TERM SITUATION FOR ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS INTO THIS EVENING WITH NUMEROUS STORMS ON THE 88D. HEAVY RAIN ALSO A CONSIDERATION WITH THE STORMS PUTTING DOWN GOOD RAINS. WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION FOR THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY WITH DECREASING WINDS AND SFC HIGH PRES BUILDING IN. LOOK FOR GRADUAL CLEARING WITH THE SUBSIDENCE AND DRYING. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO SATURDAY. MAY SEE SOME ELEVATED SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES. CUT BACK ON THE POPS A LITTLE. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. DISCUSSION WILL BE SHORT IN ANTICIPATION OF SHORT TERM CONVECTION THIS AFTN. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS MADE...IN PARTICULAR HAVE PULLED POPS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. DYNAMICS NOT ALL THAT FAVORABLE AND MOISTURE RETURN NOT QUITE ESTABLISHED YET. OTHERWISE...HAVE KEPT THUNDER CHANCES GOING DAYS 6 & 7. FAMILIAR SCENARIO SETTING UP WITH MREF DEVELOPING WRN CONUS SYSTEM EJECTING EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS BY THURSDAY AND EVENTUALLY INDUCING SURFACE LOW OVER HIGH PLAINS...AND ASSOCIATED BOUNDARIES CROSSING THROUGH THE CWA. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT PCPN & STRONG STORMS LOOK FAVORABLE DAYS 6 AND 7. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && ZAPOTOCNY/EASTLACK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1029 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-310000- 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- 1029 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND THESE STORMS ARE MORE LIKELY DURING THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AND SHOULD HAVE FAIRLY LOW CLOUD BASES. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. THE SEVERE WEATHER IS THE RESULT OF INTENSE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHERN IOWA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A CONFERENCE CALL WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11 AM CST. NIETFELD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
420 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG OMAHA 41.26N 96.01W
03/30/2006 DOUGLAS NE PUBLIC
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED AT 44TH AND I STREET TO A
BUILDING.
&&
DEWALDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
424 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG PAPILLION 41.16N 96.04W
03/30/2006 SARPY NE BROADCAST MEDIA
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE PAPIILLION AREA.
SEVERAL TREES DOWN. POWER LINES DOWN. FENCE LINE BLOWN
DOWN NEAR 72ND AND CENTENNIAL STREETS.
&&
DEWALDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
425 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG PLATTSMOUTH 41.01N 95.89W
03/30/2006 CASS NE PUBLIC
HWY 50 AND 34 TRAFFIC LIGHTS DOWN. TRUCK LIFTED OFF THE
GROUND.
0355 PM TSTM WND GST RALSTON 41.20N 96.04W
03/30/2006 E60 MPH DOUGLAS NE PUBLIC
84TH AND L.
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E THURMAN 40.82N 95.73W
03/30/2006 FREMONT IA PUBLIC
GRAIN BINS AND POWER LINES BLOWN OVER.
&&
CZAPOTOCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
433 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S NEBRASKA CITY 40.65N 95.86W
03/30/2006 OTOE NE EMERGENCY MNGR
BARN BLOWN DOWN. POWER POLE SNAPPED. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN.
&&
DEWALDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
436 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG MISSOURI VALLEY 41.56N 95.90W
03/30/2006 HARRISON IA AMATEUR RADIO
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
DEWALDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
440 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG LYONS 41.94N 96.47W
03/30/2006 BURT NE EMERGENCY MNGR
BARN BLOWN DOWN. NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
DEWALDThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused some building damage near Neola.
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