Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 29, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
308 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

.DISCUSSION...
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES THE NEXT TWO DAYS ARE THE MAIN
FORECAST CONCERNS. BUT WILL ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR
PCPN FROM TUESDAY INTO MID WEEK. SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 08Z SHOWED A
COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM ERN ND TO WRN KS. THE FRONT WAS PUSHING
QUICKLY EAST ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SHOULD ENTER THE NWRN PART OF THE
FORECAST AREA BY 12Z. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WERE COOL...
IN THE 30S...40S AND 50S. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BRISK SOUTH WINDS
HAD KEPT TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 70S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S.
HIGHS YESTERDAY IN OUR AREA WERE MAINLY IN THE LOWER AND MID 90S...
BUT ALBION HIT 99...COLUMBUS AND WAYNE REACHED 97. NEBRASKA CITY
WAS THE COOL SPOT...WHERE THE MERCURY ONLY ROSE TO 88. TODAY...
WESTERN ZONES SHOULD BE THE COOLEST (AROUND 80) AND EASTERN ZONES
THE WARMEST (ABOUT 90). THIS IS ALL TIED TO LOCATION OF THE FRONT.

NOT OVERLY IMPRESSED WITH ANY OF THE MODELS. 00Z GFS SEEMED TO BE
BETTER INITIALIZED AT 500 MB...WHILE THE ETA/NAM HAD A BETTER
INITIALIZATION AT THE SURFACE. WILL LEAN MORE TOWARD DETAILS OF
THE ETA/NAM BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT SEEMS OUT OF WACK...THE
NAM QPF. 00Z BUFKIT SOUNDINGS AND 700 MB TEMPERATURE PROGS REMOVE
THE CAP BY 21Z...YET THE MODEL HAS NO QPF BETWEEN 21Z AND 00Z IN
OUR AREA.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WITH 00Z HIGH RESOLUTION ETA/NAM SHOWING BOUNDARY LAYER CAPE
OVER 4000 J/KG FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. LOOKS LIKE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS AS THERE WILL BE A BIG DIFFERENCE OF
THETA E FROM THE SURFACE TO 700 MB (OVER 40 DEGREES K). DOWNDRAFT
CAPE VALUES ARE FROM 1500 TO 2000. COULD BE SOME LARGE HAIL TOO
WITH THE STRONGEST UPDRAFTS. MOST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
MULTICELLULAR. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASE TO BETWEEN 1.50
AND 2.00 INCHES LATER TODAY...SO THERE WILL BE A DECENT CHANCE FOR
HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD SINK SOUTHWARD
OVERNIGHT...BUT POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN LINGERS OVER THE SOUTHERN
PARTS OF SERN NEBRASKA. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME RAIN
TOTALS OVER 2 INCHES TONIGHT NEAR THE KS AND MO BORDERS.

NOT REAL CONFIDENT ON THE FORECAST DETAILS BEYOND TONIGHT. 500 MB
FLOW WILL BE MORE ZONAL FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THEN A RIDGE
SHOULD BUILD OVER THE ROCKIES AND WESTERN PLAINS. RELATIVE TO
PCPN...THE 00Z NAM BRINGS A DECENT SHORTWAVE THROUGH THE AREA ON
TUESDAY...BUT THE 00Z GFS IS ABOUT 6-12 HOURS SLOWER WITH THIS.
BY THURSDAY...WE ARE IN NW FLOW ALOFT. IT APPEARS THAT SOME ENERGY
WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS AND POSSIBLY THE CNTRL PLAINS
ON SATURDAY...SO INSERTED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE
HIGHS IN THE 80S FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH LOWS IN THE
MID 50S TO LOWER 60S.

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.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.

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MILLER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1125 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

IAZ043-055-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>052-065-066-078-
088-292200-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-
HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON-MONONA IA-PIERCE-PLATTE-
SALINE-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
1125 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY. A SERIES OF UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS SHOULD KEEP THE
PATTERN SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS
IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

A COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING FROM
NORTHWEST IOWA INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST TONIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR
TONIGHT.

IAZ056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ053-067-068-089>093-292200-
CASS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-JOHNSON-MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-
PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SARPY-SHELBY IA-
1125 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER PARTS
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY TO
THE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MISSOURI VALLEY TO BEATRICE.
SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN HAZARDS. STORMS MAY CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT NEAR THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDERS.

A COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING FROM
NORTHWEST IOWA INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY. A SERIES OF UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS SHOULD KEEP THE PATTERN
SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS IS
EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

FOBERT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
832 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0828 AM     HAIL             8 W RIVERTON            40.69N 95.72W
05/29/2006  E0.75 INCH       FREMONT            IA   PUBLIC

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JRB