Nebraska, 2006Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 15, 2006
September 15, 2006 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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What forecasters said that day
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 Sep 15, 3:06 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 3:06 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
406 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
.DISCUSSION...
PRIMARY PROBLEMS ARE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSORMS IN THE SHORT TERM
AND TEMPERATURES DURG THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK.
DEEP UPR TROF AT 12Z WAS OVR THE PACIFIC NW WITH SERIES OF LEAD
SHORTWV TOFS EJECTING OUT ACRS THE RCKYS AND CNTRL PLNS. AT H85
PLUME OF MSTR EXTDS FM WRN TX ACRS CNTRL AND WRN NEBRASKA INTO THE
DAKOTAS. STG LO LVL JET CONTS TO ADVCT LO LVL MSTR NWD INTO THE
CNTRL PLNS. LEAD UPR SHORTWV TROF IS ASSOCD WITH UPR LVL JET MAX
MOVG ACRS KS. THIS SHUD ENHANCE UVVS ACRS NEBRASKA THIS EVENING.
SHORT TERM...SEVERAL WAVES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSIBLE TONIGHT ACRS
THE OAX CWA. THERE MAY BE A CHC OF ISOLD SVR TSTMS...ESPECIALLY N
OF COLUMBUS. ACTVITY THAT HAS BEEN DVLPG FM DAVID CITY TO MARSHALL
COUNTY KS IS ELEVATED CNVTN DUE TO ISENTROPIC LIFT. A SECOND WAVE
OF MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER CNTRL AND WRN NEBRASKA
AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW
MORNING.
ON SATURDAY SKIES SHUD CLEAR OUT BY MID MORNING AND ATMOSHERE SHUD
BCM UNSTBL BY AFTN INTO THE EVNG AHD OF AFTN. NAM40 CAPES INDC CAPE
VALUES ABV 2000 J/KG. HELICITY VALUES ON SATURDAY LOOK FVRBL FOR
SUPERCELLS STORMS AND POSSIBLE SQUALL LINE DVLPMT. STG MID LVL DRY
PUNCH WL CREATE STGS ON PREFRONTAL TROF/DRYLN BY AFTN.
STORMS SHUD CONT ON SATURDAY NGT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE AREA
CLEARS OUT.
IN THE EXTENDED. KEPT MAINLY DRY THRU THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING OVER NORTHEASTERN
PARTS OF THE OAX CWA AS ANOTHER UPR LVL SHRTWV TROF MOVS ACRS THE
RGN.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
SMITH
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 3:59 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ...CORRECTION TO TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
459 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-161100-
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-
459 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING. BRIEF
DOWNPOURS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL BEGIN MOVING
INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...LIKELY BY 7 PM. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THE SEVERE STORMS SHOULD BE
WEST OF A LINE FROM PAWNEE CITY NEBRASKA TO OMAHA TO ONAWA IOWA.
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. LINGERING NON THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR SATURDAY
MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AS A DRY LINE BEGINS TO MOVE INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE BY 2 TO 4 PM...
MOVING INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA DURING
THE EVENING. STRONG INSTABILITY AND VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE MOSTLY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE
ACROSS MAINLY NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY STILL BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...BUT SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED ACROSS
WESTERN IOWA TONIGHT. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
WESTERN IOWA.
NWS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 15, 5:26 PM CST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
626 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM HAIL 12 W VERDIGRE 42.60N 98.27W
09/15/2006 E1.00 INCH KNOX NE PUBLIC
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.
&&Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- September 15, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County, Humphrey
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.683, -97.500
Thunderstorms winds estimated at 60 mph knocked over a large cottonwood tree damaging a deck and downing a power line near town.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, September 15, 2006$2.0 million · F0 · 28 events
- Tornado in Nebraska, September 15, 2006F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in New Jersey, September 15, 2006$750,000 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, September 15, 2006$15,000 · F0 · 19 events
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, September 15, 20069 events
- Dense Fog in Michigan, September 15, 20066 events
- Hail in Texas, September 15, 20061 in hail · 6 events
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 15, 20065 events
- Heavy Snow in Montana, September 15 to 17, 20064 events
- Frost and Freeze in Oregon, September 15, 20063 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 15, 200657 kt wind · 3 events
- Frost and Freeze in California, September 15, 20062 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5533774.