Lightning strikes from thunderstorms that moved across the Omaha area Tuesday morning 4/25/07, caused two separate house fires.
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Lightning strikes from thunderstorms that moved across the Omaha area Tuesday morning 4/25/07, caused two separate house fires.
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 Apr 24, 2:19 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 319 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 .DISCUSSION... SYNOPSIS...00Z UPPR AIR ANALYSIS INDCD 100 KT H3 JET DIVING INTO THE BASE OF UPPR LVL LO OVR THE 4 CORNERS AREA. AT H5...UPPR LO WAS CENTERED AROUND NRN AZ WITH DOWNSTREAM SHORTWAVE RIDGE FM THE WRN DAKOTAS INTO WRN MO. WAA OVR THE SRN PLAINS CONTD TO INCREASE THE MOISTURE WITH A +13 H85 DEWPOINT UP TO KDDC AND WIDESPREAD +12 ACRS THE SRN PLAINS. AS OF 07Z...H85 WRMFNT EXTNDD FM NW KS EWD INTO NE KS. AT THE SFC...LO WAS CENTERED OVR THE OK PANHANDLE WITH SFC WRMFNT EXTNDG FM HKC TO EMP ACRS KS. FORECAST...PROGRESS OF THE UPPR LVL LO AND ASSOCIATED WX CONT TO BE THE MAIN CONCERNS THROUGH THE PERIOD. STG WAA/ISENTROPIC LIFT HAS ALLOWED FOR AN EXPANDING MCS ACRS NEB THIS MRNG WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS CLOSEST TO THE H85 WRMFNT WHERE MUCAPE OF 500-1000 J/KG GENERALLY RESIDES. THIS TREND SHLD CONT THRU THE MRNG HOURS WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN OVR THE CNTRL/NRN FA AND STRONGER...BUT MORE SCT THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN FA. SVR THREAT EARLY THIS MRNG SEEMS RELATIVELY LO GIVEN THE MARGINAL EFFECTIVE SHEAR WITH PARCELS LIFTED FM AROUND 850 MB. 00Z MODELS WERE A LITTLE SLOWER IN BRINGING THE UPPR LVL LOW AND THE ASSOCIATED FEATURES THRU THE CNTRL PLAINS...AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THE STRONGEST JET SEGMENT WAS STILL ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPR TROF AT 00Z. NEVERTHELESS...RAIN WILL CONT THRU THE AFTN OVR THE NRN FA. HAVE LOWERED GOING HIGHS IN THIS AREA WHERE NE WINDS ON THE N SIDE OF THE FRONTOGENETIC CIRCULATION WILL NOT ALLOW FOR TMPS TO INCREASE MUCH TODAY...AND EVEN FALL IN SOME CASES. MODELS CONT TO STRUGGLE WITH HOW FAR NORTH TO TAKE THE WARM SECTOR OVR KS. NAM/GFS/SREF CONT TO INC SOME MLCAPE RIGHT ALNG THE KS/NEB BORDER BY LATE AFTN. THIS CONS TO LOOK A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC AND HAVE CONTD TO PLAY TMPS AND DEWPOINTS TO INDC SFC WRMFNT TO STAY IN KS. NEVERTHELESS ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO INCREASE THIS AFTN AS MID LVL DRYING MOVES THRU KS AND INCREASE MID LVL LAPSE RATES FOR OUR SRN FA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY EARLY TO MID AFTN OVR CNTRL/NRN KS AND TRACK NEWD TOWARD THE CWA. ALTHOUGH ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO BECOME INCREASINGLY ELEVATED AS IT MOVES INTO OUR FA...EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 30 TO 40 KT AND ARND 1000 J/KG OF MUCAPE SHLD ALLOW FOR ISO/SCT SVR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTN AND TONIGHT OVR THE SRN FA. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT. AS MAIN UPPR LVL SYSTEM EMERGES INTO KS/NEB TONIGHT...WLD EXPECT RAINFALL INTENSITY AND COVERAGE TO ONCE AGAIN INCREASE...AND WITH 1.25 IN PWAT IN OUR FA...HAVE INCLUDED HEAVY RAIN MENTION IN THE GRIDS. NO FLOOD WATCH AS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVR AN EXTNDD PERIOD OF TIME AND FIRST HALF OF APRIL WAS RELATIVELY DRY. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH...NAM/GFS TRY TO REDEVELOP TSRA OVR CNTRL/NRN KS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS MAIN UPPR PV ANOMALY ROTATES INTO NRN KS. THIS WL HAVE TO BE WATCHED FOR A POSSIBLE CONTD SVR THREAT IN THE S AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE MODELS HAVE SLOWED THE UPPR LVL SYSTEM...DEFORMATION BAND AND WK FORCING FOR ASCENT IN THE H5-H3 LAYER WL CONT THRU THE DAY ON WED. THUS BAND OF -RA SHLD CONT...ESPECIALLY OVR THE NRN FA WHERE SOME WEAK THERMAL GRADIENT WL REMAIN. HAVE ALSO INSERTED SOME LO CHC POPS FOR -RA FOR WED NIGHT OVR THE ERN CWA AS DEFORMATION BAND STARTS TO EXIT THE AREA. LOWERED GOING TMPS FOR THURS BASED ON H85 TMPS OF +2 TO +4 AND LIMITED MIXING AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPR LVL LO. MODELS INDC NEXT UPPR LVL SHORT WAVE TO DIVE ACRS THE WRN HIGH PLAINS FRI AND INTO THE SRN PLAINS ON SAT. WL CONT TO LEAVE THE FA DRY. WITH INCREASED WRLY FLOW FOR FRI...SHLD SEE A DECENT WARM UP WITH TMPS RETURNING TO NORMAL. THE WARM UP IS EXPECTED TO CONT THRU THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE GOING FORECAST PAST FRI. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && BOUSTEAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 601 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-241100- 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- 601 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTH OF A OMAHA TO LINCOLN LINE. THE MAIN HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE PLAINS STATES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A SURFACE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER. SEVERE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCAL FLOODING FROM HEAVIER RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE ON TUESDAY EVENING SOUTH OF A OMAHA TO COLUMBUS LINE. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AFTERNOON... PRIMARILY SOUTH OF A OMAHA TO LINCOLN LINE. SMITH
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:01 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning striked caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to a house near 164th and Page Streets. Firefighters arrived at around 5 am CDT and found flames on the roof. The fire spread down a wall and caused considerable damage to the basement. No injuries were reported.
A lightning striked caused an estimated $60,000 in damage to a house near the 2600 block of 125th Circle. Firefighters arrived around 1030 am CDT and found flames on the roof. The fire caused extensive damage to the upper level of the house and the rest of the house sustained moderate smoke and water damage. No injuries were reported.
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