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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 Aug 1, 2:53 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
353 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006
.DISCUSSION...
THE FIRST CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST IS THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT
AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP AND LOWERED TEMPERATURES. A SECONDARY CONCERN
IS RETURN OF MOISTURE AND EVENTUALLY HEAT AS THE RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS
BACK WEST IN LATER PERIODS OF THE FORECAST.
IN THE SHORT TERM...HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA HAVE BEEN REACHED FROM
AROUND I-80 SOUTH...AND WILL BE MARGINAL FROM OLU EAST THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. SAW NO REAL REASON TO CHANGE THE ONGOING HEADLINE.
SATELLITE SHOWS BUILDING CU IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT...AND
ALSO IN S CENTRAL NEB WHERE CONVECTIVE TEMPS HAVE BEEN REACHED OR
NEARLY SO. STRONG CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS. LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS DECENT...BUT UPPER
LEVELS ARE MARGINAL AT BEST. ATMOSPHERE IS RATHER WARM FOR
HAIL...BUT SOME STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS COULD RESULT EARLY IN THE EVENT.
DEEP SUBTROPICAL MOIST PLUME LIES OVER THE AREA WITH IMPRESSIVE
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT GROUND IS SO DRY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THAT
NOTHING BUT VERY LOCAL FLOODING SHOULD RESULT. OUTFLOW/FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SHOULD WORK ITS WAY SOUTH AND MAY REACH THE KS AND MO
BORDERS BY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN STILL POSSIBLE..BUT IS
WORKING AGAINST MORE LOW LEVEL DRY AIR ENTRAINMENT AS TSTMS MOVE
SOUTH.
MODELS HAVE SLOWED THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF THE FJRONT SOMEWHAT.
TOOK A COMPROMISE BETWEEN NAM AND SLOWER GFS. MAIN RESULT IS TO
HOLD ONTO POPS IN THE SOUTH SOMEWHAT LONGER...WITH PRECIP LINGERING
PERHAPS AS LATE AS EARLY THU MORNING IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. TEMPS
WILL MUCH COOLER TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH WHERE CLOUDS AND
PRECIP ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY.
COOLER AND DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. THEN...RETURN
FLOW BRINGS WARMER TEMPS AND ESPECIALLY ANOTHER SURGE OF SUBTROPICAL
PLUME. THIS REGIME SHOULD THEN PERSIST UNTIL THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES
FAR ENOUGH WEST TO BUILD WARM AIR ALOFT AND ADVECT DEEPER MOISTURE
TO OUR EAST. THIS WILL LIKELY BE MONDAY OR TUESDAY. UNTIL
THEN...INTRODUCED OR INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE AREA. BEST POPS IN
NORTH WHICH WILL CATCH THE WESTERLIES BETTER AND RECEIVE PRECIP FROM
ANY RIDGE RUNNER WAVES.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ044-NEZ045-
NEZ050-NEZ051-NEZ052-NEZ053-NEZ065-NEZ066-NEZ067-NEZ068-
NEZ078-NEZ088-NEZ089-NEZ090-NEZ091-NEZ092-NEZ093.
IA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR IAZ055-IAZ056-
IAZ069-IAZ079-IAZ080-IAZ090-IAZ091.
&&
POLLACKHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 535 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 IAZ056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ052-053-066>068-078-088>093-021100- CASS-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS IA- MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON- SALINE-SARPY-SHELBY IA- 535 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY AS A SLOW MOVING FRONT PUSHES SOUTH. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. DAMAGING WIND WOULD BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL COME TO AN END WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT WILL RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. IAZ043-055-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050-051-065-021100- ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-HARRISON IA- KNOX-MADISON-MONONA IA-PIERCE-PLATTE-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-STANTON- THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- 535 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WILL FOCUS ON A VERY SLOW SOUTHWARD MOVING BOUNDARY AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE TONIGHT. A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL COME TO AN END BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. GRIFFIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 344 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-012200- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...AUBURN...BEATRICE...BELLEVUE... BLAIR...BLOOMFIELD...CLARINDA...COLUMBUS...COUNCIL BLUFFS...CRETE... DAVID CITY...FAIRBURY...FALLS CITY...FREMONT...GLENWOOD...HARLAN... HARTINGTON...LINCOLN...LOGAN...NEBRASKA CITY...NELIGH...NORFOLK... OMAHA...ONAWA...PAWNEE CITY...PENDER...PIERCE...PLATTSMOUTH... RED OAK...SCHUYLER...SEWARD...SIDNEY...STANTON...TECUMSEH... TEKAMAH...WAHOO...WAYNE...WEST POINT 344 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...WARNING DECISION UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA... 20Z SURFACE ANLYAIS INDICATES PRIMARY BOUNDARY FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEAST TO JUST NORTH OF KBVN TO NORTH OF KSUX. LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS INDICATES CONVERGENCE IS INCREASING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. 20Z RUCII ANALYSIS INDICATES AROUND 3000 J/KG OF MLCAPE WITH MLCIN DECREASING TO LESS THAN -20 J/KG. IN ADDITION LATEST RADAR IMAGERY FROM KOAX 88-D INDICATES MID LEVEL RADAR RETURNS FROM DISTURBED CUMULUS FIELD ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY. WITH CONTINUE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY...ALONG WITH CONTINUED HEATING SHOULD ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BOUNDARY BY 2130 Z. LIKELY FIRST AREA OF OAX CWA TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BOONE AND ANTELOPE COUNTIES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE THRU THE EVENING. 20Z RUC HODOGRAPHS FROM NORTHEAST NEB INDICATE STG LO LVL SHEAR IN PLACE WITH GOOD TURNING IN THE LOWEST 2 KM...AS WELL AS SPEEDS INCREASING TO 35 KT. MID AND UPPR LEVEL WINDS FIELDS REMAIN POOR...AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THUS GIVEN THE INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR...CONVECTION SHLD TURN SEVERE FAIRLY RAPIDLY WITH SOME ORGANIZATION AND LOW LEVEL ROTATION POSSIBLE...BUT SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS DO NOT SEEM LIKELY AND SUPERCELL POTENTIAL SEEMS RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED. WITH FREEZING LEVELS OVER 15000 FT...DAMAGING WINDS SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT AS CORES DESCEND WITH AROUND 1300 J/KG OF DCAPE. WILL BE WATCHING FOR POSSIBLE ORGANIZED COLD POOL DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WHICH COULD ENHANCE DAMAGING WIND THREAT TOWARD 00Z. SEE LATEST SPC SWOMCD 1694 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. BOUSTEAD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
559 PM CDT TUE AUG 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 PM HAIL 8 S PLAINVIEW 42.24N 97.79W
08/01/2006 E0.75 INCH PIERCE NE PUBLIC
0548 PM TSTM WND GST 8 S PLAINVIEW 42.24N 97.79W
08/01/2006 E60 MPH PIERCE NE PUBLIC
&&
RPIATTThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph flattened some corn and knocked down some limbs south through southeast of Osmond.
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