1 lightning, 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 Apr 24, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 430 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLEX PATTERN THROUGH TUESDAY. THE LATEST SUBJECTIVE SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD LOW PRES OVR SE CO WITH THE SFC FNT STRETCHING EWD ACRS KS INTO MO WITH A MESOHIGH WITH THE CONVECTION OVR ERN KS NR EMP. THE DRYLINE EXTENDED FM SW KS INTO NW TX. THE CDFNT HAD MADE IT THRU GRAND FORKS TO VTN TO NR OGA. SFC DEWPOINTS WERE ONLY IN THE 30S...WITH 40S AND 50S ACRS MUCH OF KS. ON TH H85 ANALYSIS...THE H85 FNT WAS OVR SRN NEB INTO MO AND A SECONDARY FNT OVR SRN KS. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WAS FEEDING NWD INTO THE REGION WITH A RIBBON OF H85 DEWPOINTS OF +12 DEG C OR GREATER. THE 00Z SOUNDING AT OAX WAS QUITE DRY WITH A PW VALUE OF 0.54...MEANWHILE... TOP WAS UP TO 1.33 INCHES. OF ADDITIONAL INTEREST...AT H7...THERE WAS RIBBON OF 2 TO 4 DEG C H7 DEWPOINTS ON THE EDGE OF THE H7 BOUNDARY...WHICH WAS CLOSE TO THE H85 FNT. THIS BOUNDARY HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION EARLY THIS MORNING...FROM LBF...TO GRI...TO BIE AND FNB. SEVERAL OF THE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A TENDENCY TO SPLIT. FOR EXAMPLE...STORMS NEAR FAIRMONT AND WEST OF WILBER SPLIT WITH THE ANTICYCLONIC MEMBERS OVR FRIEND AND HICKMAN...AND THE CYCLONIC MEMBERS NR WESTERN AND DEWITT AND THIS WAS SUPPORTED BY HODOGRAPHS. COMPLEX UPPER LEVEL PATTERN FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. THE H5 LOW WAS OVR NW ARIZONA AND IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO SRN UT THIS MORNING WITH A SECONDARY LOW OVR ERN OREGON. BY EVENING...THE LOW FM ARIZONA HEADS NE INTO WRN CO...AS THE LOW OVR OREGON BECOMES THE PRIMARY LOW. OVERNIGHT... THE H5 LOW PROGRESSES FM CO INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA...WHILE THE OREGON LOW LIFTS N INTO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. TODAY...LOOK FOR THE DEEP MOISTURE OVR KS AND MO...HOWEVER IT HAS BEEN DRY IN THE LOW LEVELS ACRS MUCH OF THE FCST AREA. DESPITE THIS...THERE APPEARS TO BE AMPLE H7 MOISTURE AVAILABLE ACRS THE FCST AREA...BEFORE SHIFTING EAST TONIGHT. GOOD THETA-E ADVECTION AT H85 AND WAA AT H7 TAKING PLACE TODAY ALONG WITH SYNOPTIC LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIDLEVEL LOW OVER THE ROCKIES AND APPROACHING TROF FM THE N. MEANWHILE THE SFC FRONT IS NOW THRU ONL AND THE WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE NW AT BVN. EXPECT ENOUGH LIFT AND THERMODYNAMICS TO PRODUCE SCT SHOWERS AND TSRA THIS AM FM ERN NEB INTO SW IA DESPITE DRIER AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS. TAF THETA-E AXIS REMAINS FM CNTRL KS INTO NE KS AND EXPECT LIFT OVR THE H85 BOUNDARY TO CONTINUE...THUS CONTINUE SCT THUNDERSTORMS. LIFT ALSO BEING ENHANCED BY THE UPR LEVEL DIV WHICH IS A RESULT OF THE JET SEGMENT OVR SRN CANADA AND A SECOND SEGMENT OVR THE SW U.S. COND PRES DEF REMAIN LOW TONIGHT AND ACRS THE SOUTH TUE AM WITH DRYING FM THE N. WOULD EXPECT BETTER COVERAGE WITH THE RAIN TONIGHT AND MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS. HIGHS TODAY QUITE TRICKY WITH MIX OF CLDS AND PRECIP AND LEFT IN THE 50S AND 60S. TUESDAY...WITH THE MID LEVEL TROF YET TO PASS THRU...HAVE LINGERING SHOWERS ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING...DECREASING BY AFTERNOON. COOLER HIGHS TUESDAY IN THE 40S AND 50S. LOOK FOR BRISK WINDS BOTH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. LEFT THE FROST IN WED MORNING WITH MORNING LOWS IN THE 30S. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS AND TAKE ACTION AS NEEDED. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE THU-SUN AND CURRENT DRY FCST. WILL NEED TO MONITOR NW FLOW WITH CLIPPER PASSAGE THU AND STRONG MID LEVEL LOW AFFECTING MN AND IA FRI AND SAT AS IT MAY PRODUCE SOME PRECIP IN OUR CWA. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && ZAPOTOCNY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 500 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-241148- 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- 500 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...WITH MORE ISOLATED ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AND ISOLATED STORM MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WILBER TO BEATRICE TO FALL CITY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT. THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR MONDAY. BOUSTEAD
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:29 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree next to a home west of Wilber. The tree went through a living room window and split a couch in half.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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