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NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 6, 1:25 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 225 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL BE HANDLING OF THE CONVECTION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IN THE SHORT TERM...THE COLD FRONT AT 19Z EXTENDED FROM NORTHWESTERN KANSAS THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...WITH A LOW CENTER LOCATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE EJECTING OUT OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. THIS WILL BE THE PRIME AREA OF FOCUS FOR THE EARLY EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE GFS SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THE CONVECTION A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE NAM IN THIS FIRST 6 TO 12 HOURS...BUT THE MODELS ARE GENERALLY INLINE OVERNIGHT. WITH THAT IN MIND...THE SURFACE LOW MOVES TO NORTHEAST KANSAS BY DAYBREAK...WITH THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE I80 CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. MOISTURE IS POOLING ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITHIN AN AXIS OF 2+ INCHES OF PW JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT. THUS...HAVE BUMPED UP POPS CONSIDERABLY FOR THIS PACKAGE...WITH A WIDE SWATH OF 60 TO 80 PERCENT POPS. THIS TRANSITIONS TO NEARLY NOTHING AT ALL NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...AND JUST A CHANCE OF PRECIP ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER. HIGHEST AXIS IS ALONG I80 WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LOOKS PROBABLY. BUMPED POPS UP INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY FOR MONDAY MORNING GIVEN THAT THE MCS WILL BE ONGOING AT DAYBREAK...PUSHING EAST INTO IOWA THROUGH THE DAY. THE MODELS REALLY DIVERGE BEYOND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND ESSENTIALLY GO OUT OF PHASE WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE FORWARD MOTION OF THE UPPER WAVE SEEMS TOO FAST ON THE GFS...CONSIDERING THAT THERE IS LIKELY ANOTHER IMPULSE GATHERING STEAM ACROSS SOUTHWEST COLORADO THAT WILL EJECT LATER TONIGHT. THIS DOESNT APPEAR TO BE PICKED UP AT ALL BY THE GFS...BUT THE NAM MAY BE LATCHING ONTO THAT FEATURE...WHICH LINGERS PRECIPITATION MUCH LONGER INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE NAM DURING THIS TIME...AND ENDED PRECIPITATION ALTOGETHER FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE PERIOD WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED BUT SEASONABLE WEATHER. THE MODELS SUGGEST A NEW SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WHICH INDUCES ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY. IT APPEARS THAT THE SUB TROPICAL PLUME MAY ALSO BE CONNECTED TO THIS AS WELL...THEREFORE DECIDED TO ADD A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEASTERN HALF THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STILL BE IN PLACE ON FRIDAY BUT WILL ESSENTIALLY WASH OUT A SECONDARY SURFACE TROUGH SETS UP WEST AND SOUTH OF THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. WITHOUT STRONG UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...DECIDED TO LEAVE FRIDAY DRY FOR NOW. A STRONGER SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONUS FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS SHOULD FLATTEN AND PUSH THE UPPER RIDGE EVEN FURTHER SOUTH LEADING TO SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN NORMAL. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW MORE OF THE WESTERLIES TO INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER WITH MODEST HEIGHT FALLS ALOFT...WHICH SHOULD TRIGGER SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE PRECIP COULD ARRIVE FROM THE WEST AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR NOW. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && DEWALD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1155 AM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-062200- ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS- HARRISON IA-KNOX-MADISON-MONONA IA-PIERCE-PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA- SARPY-SAUNDERS-SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- 1155 AM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY TONIGHT...SOUTH OF A NORFOLK TO HARLAN IOWA LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...AS A FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ065>068-078-088>093-062200- CASS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS IA- MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SEWARD- 1155 AM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NEAR A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RED OAK IOWA TO LINCOLN TO AROUND FRIEND. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...AS A FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. FOBERT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
325 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0319 PM HAIL 2 S REYNOLDS 40.03N 97.34W
08/06/2006 E0.88 INCH JEFFERSON NE PUBLIC
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BOUSTEADPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
400 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM HAIL 2 N FILLEY 40.31N 96.53W
08/06/2006 E1.75 INCH GAGE NE PUBLIC
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BOUSTEADPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
416 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0413 PM HAIL BEATRICE 40.27N 96.75W
08/06/2006 E1.75 INCH GAGE NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
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BOUSTEADThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph caused tree damage south of Sterling.
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