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NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 1:45 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 245 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WILL BE HOW WELL MODELS HANDLE TIMING AND POSITION OF COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AT 18Z COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN WYOMING. PREFRONTAL TROF STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS WITH MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE TROF. BOTH GFS AND NAM FAIRLY CLOSE IN MOVING THE FRONT THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH PLACEMENT OVER NORTHERN KANSAS BY SUNDAY EVENING WHERE IT STALLS OUT SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MODELS INDICATE ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS TIME WITH PWS UP TO 2 INCHES OR BETTER ACROSS THE CWA. RESULT IS CHANCE OF STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY WHEN BOUNDARY LIFTS BACK NORTHEAST AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM COMING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. HAVE GENERALLY TRENDED FORECAST TOWARD THE GFS ALTHOUGH QPF FIELDS MAY BE OVERDONE SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST BORDER...I HOPE. CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL MAKE TEMPERATURE FORECAST TRICKY BUT FOR NOW WENT WITH A BLEND OF MAV/MET GUIDANCE. STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS MODELS INITIALLY TRY TO REBUILD UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS WHICH APPEARS TO BE SUPPORTED BY ENSEMBLE MEANS REMOP. 12Z ECMWF HOWEVER BEGINS TO FLATTEN THE RIDGE BY FRIDAY WHILE GFS AND REMOP HOLD A DAY OR TWO LONGER. HAVE GENERALLY WENT MAINLY DRY IN THE EXTENDED AS WEAKENING FRONT MOVES ACROSS UNDER THE BUILDING RIDGE WITH TEMPERATURE TRENDED TOWARD GUIDANCE. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && FOBERT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 541 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ034-044-045-050>053-065>068- 078-088>093-060500- BURT-BUTLER-CASS-DODGE-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON- JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE- PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS- SEWARD-SHELBY IA-WASHINGTON- 541 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA LATE THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND...GENERALLY TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM DAVID CITY TO OMAHA AND HARLAN IOWA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA LATER TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE FRONT STALLS ACROSS KANSAS AND MISSOURI ON SUNDAY NIGHT...AND THEN LIFTS NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK. ON SUNDAY EVENING...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRBURY TO NEBRASKA CITY AND RED OAK IOWA. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT IN PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA... OR SUNDAY EVENING IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA. NEZ011-012-015>018-030>033-042-043-060500- ANTELOPE-BOONE-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-KNOX-MADISON-PIERCE-PLATTE- STANTON-THURSTON-WAYNE- 541 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING WIND...ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL. STRONG INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA...IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL BE STRONG THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AS A FRONT STALLS ACROSS KANSAS AND MISSOURI ON SUNDAY NIGHT...AND THEN LIFTS NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. POLLACK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
555 PM CDT SAT AUG 05 2006
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0535 PM HAIL 2 SW VERDEL 42.79N 98.22W
08/05/2006 E0.75 INCH KNOX NE PUBLIC
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DEWALDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 642 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-060045- 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 642 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...WARNING DECISION UPDATE FOR NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA... WE CURRENTLY ARE IN A HOLDING PATTERN FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AS STORMS THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH KNOX COUNTY. LATEST 23Z LAPS SOUNDING SUGGESTS THE FREEZING LEVEL IS AROUND 15,600 FEET WITH A WET BULB ZERO OF 14,000 FEET. THE PREVIOUS STORM PRODUCED THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL WITH A 50DBZ CORE UP TO ABOUT 50,000 FEET...THUS THAT MAY BE OUR PRELIMINARY WARNING CRITERIA FOR HAIL. DUE TO THE DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS...WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH OUT FOR EXCESSIVE CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW. THE STORM AT KONL PRODUCED A 46KT INFLOW GUST...AND LIKELY MAY HAVE PRODUCED STRONGER OUTFLOW WINDS. LATEST 23Z SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATED ABOUT 1500 J/KG OF DOWNDRAFT CAPE...THUS DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA RANGE AROUND 35 KNOTS...BUT MUCH BETTER SHEAR EXISTS FURTHER NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...ALSO WHERE MUCH BETTER 0-1KM HELICITY EXISTS TOO. THE OVERALL SYSTEM SHOULD WORK SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING...BUT A STRONG CAP STILL EXISTS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. THE 00Z KOAX SOUNDING INDICATED H70 TEMPS WERE 12.3...THUS IT MAY BE 09 TO 11Z BEFORE THE STORMS EVEN REACH THE KLNK TO KOMA CORRIDOR. DEWALD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 643 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-060045- 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 643 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...WARNING DECISION UPDATE FOR NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA... WE CURRENTLY ARE IN A HOLDING PATTERN FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AS CONTINUE TO MONITOR STORMS THAT MOVE THROUGH KNOX COUNTY. LATEST 23Z LAPS SOUNDING SUGGESTS THE FREEZING LEVEL IS AROUND 15,600 FEET WITH A WET BULB ZERO OF 14,000 FEET. THE PREVIOUS STORM PRODUCED THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL WITH A 50DBZ CORE UP TO ABOUT 50,000 FEET...THUS THAT MAY BE OUR PRELIMINARY WARNING CRITERIA FOR HAIL. DUE TO THE DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS...WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH OUT FOR EXCESSIVE CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW. THE STORM AT KONL PRODUCED A 46KT INFLOW GUST... AND LIKELY MAY HAVE PRODUCED STRONGER OUTFLOW WINDS. LATEST 23Z SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATED ABOUT 1500 J/KG OF DOWNDRAFT CAPE...THUS DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA RANGE AROUND 35 KNOTS...BUT MUCH BETTER SHEAR EXISTS FURTHER NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...ALSO WHERE MUCH BETTER 0-1KM HELICITY EXISTS TOO. THE OVERALL SYSTEM SHOULD WORK SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING... BUT A STRONG CAP STILL EXISTS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. THE 00Z KOAX SOUNDING INDICATED H70 TEMPS WERE 12.3...THUS IT MAY BE 09 TO 11Z BEFORE THE STORMS EVEN REACH THE KLNK TO KOMA CORRIDOR. DEWALD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 735 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-060145- 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 735 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...WARNING DECISION UPDATE FOR NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA... WE CURRENTLY ARE MONITORING TWO STRONG CELLS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE FIRST CELL...NEAR HARTINGTON IS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS IS WITH A 50DBZ CORE OF 42,500 FEET. WHILE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WIND...ITS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH SEEM LIKELY. THE OTHER STORM OF INTEREST RIGHT NOW IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF NELIGH... ALTHOUGH IT ISNT AS STRONG AS THE STORM NEAR HARTINGTON. THE OVERALL KINEMATIC SITUATION HAS NOT CHANGED WITH 00Z SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATING ABOUT 1500 J/KG OF DOWNDRAFT CAPE. THE KOAX FREEZING LEVEL WAS 16,100 FEET...THUS QUITE HIGH TO PRODUCE ANY HAIL OF SUBSTANCE. THERE WAS A 50KT GUST AT KYKN AT 0015Z...THEREFORE IT SEEMS THAT THE GREATER THREAT CONTINUES TO BE STRONG WIND GUSTS. DEWALD
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public at 60 mph in the Elgin area. The winds split at least one large tree in the area.
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