Thunderstorms developed just east of Columbus by mid afternoon on August 28th along a slow moving cold front. The storms turned severe as they moved into a bit better instability just east of there producing areas of damaging winds and 1 tornado.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed just east of Columbus by mid afternoon on August 28th along a slow moving cold front. The storms turned severe as they moved into a bit better instability just east of there producing areas of damaging winds and 1 tornado. Locally heavy rain was also reported which produced isolated flooding, mainly near Wahoo and Crete.
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 Aug 28, 2:53 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 353 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL SYSTEM MAINLY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND IN THE SOUTH THRU WED MORNING. AT 08Z...THE SFC FNT WAS E OF ONL AND EXTENDED TOWARD MCK TO THE SW AND TOWARD MSP TO THE NE. THE MOST ACTIVE AREA OF CONVECTION WAS OVR MN WITH POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACRS SD AND WRN NEB. ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY MUST TO MOVING OUT OF ERN MT WITH CLUSTERS OF STORMS THERE. THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MORE TSRA IN NEB WITH THE STG 55 KT PROFILER WINDS AT RWD IN SW NEBRASKA. WOULD STILL THINK THE ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE ACRS CTRL NEB WITH THIS AXIS OF WAA. THIS MORNING...THE SFC FNT SHOULD PROGRESS INTO THE OFK AREA...AND INTO THE OMA/LNK AREAS BY 00Z. DID NOT MAKE ANY SIG CHANGES TO THE PRECIP CHANCES TODAY. WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS TO HOLD BACK STORM DEVELOPMENT EARLY ON. STILL THINK TSRA CHANCES WILL INCREASE NORTH THIS MORNING...THEN SPREAD SE DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE REST OF SE NEB/SW TONIGHT. WITH HIGH PWS HAVE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN GRIDS AND HWO. DID NOT FEEL A FF WATCH WAS NEEDED AT THIS POINT AND LATER SHIFTS CAN ASSESS BASED OF ON HOW AFT CONVECTION SHAPES UP AND WHAT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WED DRYING IN THE N SHOULD DIMINISH SHOWERS...WITH PRECIP LINGERING IN THE S. THE PRECIP CONTINUES TO BE POST FRONTAL AND WILL CONTINUE TO LAG THE PRECIP BEHIND THE FRONT. THERE IS MODERATE INSTABILITY AND ENOUGH DEEP LAYER SHEAR EXPECTED TAF AND THIS EVENING TO CONTINUE TO MENTION SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE. WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME BETTER LOW LEVEL FORCING THOUGH. CLOUDS/FNT WILL IMPACT HIGH TEMPS TODAY. LEFT COOLER TEMPS FM THE MID 70S TO THE LOWER 80S N...80S NCNTL...THEN UPR 80S TO MID 90S OMA/CBF/LNK SWD. HIGH PRES WILL USHER IN DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS FOR WED/WED NIGHT WITH MID 70S N TO LOWER 80S S. WITHOUT A LOT OF CLDS AND LIGHT WINDS...WOULD THINK TEMPS WOULD DROP BELOW NORMAL MOST LOCATIONS THU AM...SO DROPPED TEMPS BACK TO AROUND 50 AT WAYNE AND IN THE 50S ELSEWHERE. STILL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRES FOR THUS WITH LIGHT WINDS. SOME WAA CLDS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRES OVR IA AND ERN NEB WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE FRIDAY AS LOW PRES DEVELOPS OVR MT/WY/ND. THIS AREA OF LOW PRES WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA WITH INCREASING S FLOW ACRS THE REGION WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. SUNDAY...THERE IS A SHORTWAVE TROF PASSING THRU SRN CANADA AND THE DAKOTAS...AND THIS SLOWLY BRINGS THE SFC FNT INTO WRN/CNTRL NEB AND THRU THE DAKOTAS. IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THE MOISTURE INTO THE AREA...AND THE GFS FCST SOUNDING ARE STILL FAIRLY DRY THROUGH SUN NIGHT. WRM MID LEVEL TEMPS IN PLACE SUN. DAY SHIFT WILL WANT TO LOOK AT THESE WRMER TEMPS FOR SAT/SUN AND IF RUNS ARE CONSISTENT...RAISE TEMPS INTO THE 90S. MONDAY...THE FNT BACKDOORS INTO THE FCST AREA...WHICH WOULD AFFECT HIGHS WITH COOLER TEMPS. MAINLY DRY FCST STILL LOOKS REASONABLE FOR THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION... MAIN AVIATION PROBLEMS REVOLVE AROUND TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT INTO THE TAF SITES AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. SURFACE FRONT AT 07Z EXTENDED FROM SWRN MN THRU CNTRL NE...VERY NEAR OR RIGHT ON KOFK ATTM. THE FRONT SHOULD THEN MAKE PROGRESS TO KLNK AND KOMA BY 21-22Z. BEST CHANCE FOR TSRA APPEARS TO BE POST FRONT AS THE CAP APPEARS SUFFICIENTLY STRONG AHEAD OF THE FRONT TO KEEP STORMS FROM FIRING. HAVE FIRST TSRA CHANCE AT KOFK AT 17Z...THEN BY 21Z AT KLNK AND KOMA. WILL CARRY A 4HR WINDOW FOR TSRA WITH ANOTHER 4HR WINDOW FOR SHRA AFTER THAT AT EACH TAF SITE. WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT STRATUS POTENTIAL BEHIND THE FRONT...WHICH MOSTLY SHOULD AFFECT THE AREA MAINLY BEYOND THIS TAF PERIOD. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && ZAPOTOCNY/DEWALD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 547 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 IAZ091-NEZ091>093-290100- PAGE-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 547 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EARLY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045- 050>053-065>068-078-088>090-290100- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON- CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- JOHNSON- 547 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...MEANWHILE A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED WITHIN A PASSING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL AFFECT THE REGION. INITIALLY...WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT STORM DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 90S SOUTH OF THE FRONT...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION...THERE IS SOME MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEER IN PLACE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MISSOURI VALLEY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND A BETTER CHANCE NEAR THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ZAPOTOCNY
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:03 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Twenty-four hour rainfall of 4.1 inches was reported north of Prague, most of it fell from 5 pm through 11 pm CDT on the 28th.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs in and near North Bend and damaged two center pivots east of town. Some residents in the area lost power for up to 17 hours. Winds were estimated at 70 mph, although unofficially a wind gage at the North Bend Fire Hall reportedly measured a gust at 93 mph.
Some large branches were knocked down by thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph.
A survey team from the National Weather Service office in Valley concluded that a tornado occurred from about 4 miles west of Uehling to just east of Highway 77 in Uehling. The maximum path width was around 1500 feet. The tornado was rated an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with maximum winds around 90 mph. According to Emergency Management Officials, 10 homes sustained minor damage due to falling tree limbs. Homes and buildings lost a considerable number of shingles. Immediately west of Uehling, there was damage to bleachers and fencing at a ballpark, numerous large tree limbs were blown down, and a few trees were uprooted or snapped at the base of the tree trunk. There were numerous patches of flattened corn west of the park area.
Tree limbs at least 3 inches in diameter and power lines were reported downed. The damage could have either been caused by a tornado that tracked across the area or winds due to the rear flank downdraft of the tornado.
Thunderstorm winds were measured at 63 mph by ASOS. Several trees and major limbs were downed in the area, a few of which blocked streets. The roof was torn off of a barn and old store in the area, and 2 fertilizer tanks were toppled.
Some large branches were reported downed.
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