Late night thunderstorms containing frequent lightning caused at least one house fire in the Omaha area.
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Late night thunderstorms containing frequent lightning caused at least one house fire in the Omaha area.
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 Oct 13, 2:01 AM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 301 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2007 .DISCUSSION... TIMING BEST CHANCES FOR PCPN AND TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS. 850 MB PLOT FROM 00Z SHOWED A TONGUE OF DECENT MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM TEXAS NORTHWARD TO ALONG THE NEBRASKA/KANSAS BORDER...WITH VALUES FROM 10 TO 15 DEGREES C. DECENT 700 MB MOISTURE WAS IN PLACE...AND THERE WAS SOME WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION. AT 500 MB...12 HOUR HEIGHT FALLS OF 50 TO 80 METERS WERE NOTED AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHEAST OVER CALIFORNIA. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED A COUPLE OF DISTURBANCES IN THE DIFFLUENT FLOW AHEAD OF CALIFORNIA SHORTWAVE/VORT MAX. SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 08Z SHOWED A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OF ABOUT 999 MB OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...WITH A WARM FRONT CURVING FROM THE LOW ACROSS KANSAS TO NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. THERE WAS STILL SOMEWHAT OF AN INVERTED TROF LOCATED FROM WESTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG STORMS WERE ONGOING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AT 08Z. RELATIVE TO THE FORECAST...DID NOT USE MUCH OF THE DETAILS FROM THE 00Z NAM. PREFERRED TO USE A BLEND OF THE 00Z GFS AND THE 21Z SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLE FROM NCEP. THIS PUTS THE BEST CHANCE FOR PCPN ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ZONES THIS MORNING...AND THEN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. CLOUD COVER SHOULD HELP KEEP TEMPS DOWN...AND WENT WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND MID 60S NORTH RANGING TO UPPER 60S SOUTH. SOUTHERN ZONES COULD REACH AROUND 70...IF THE CLOUDS THIN A LITTLE MORE THAN EXPECTED. CENTER OF THE MAIN SYSTEM SHOULD STILL BE BACK OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY THIS EVENING... BUT THERE WILL BE DECENT ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE 300 TO 310 K LAYER AND FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING FOR PCPN. TONIGHT...THE PATTERN CONTINUES. CLOSED LOW AT 500 MB MOVES INTO COLORADO AND WE REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIFT NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. BEST FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING IS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES...SO WENT WITH HIGHER POPS AND HIGHER QPF THERE. WE COULD SEE A FEW STRONG STORMS AND HAIL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. EXPECT LOWS WILL BE HELD UP DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND WENT WITH VALUES IN THE LOWER AND MID 50S. MAIN UPPER SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS FROM SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. SYSTEM WILL NOT BE A FAST MOVER DUE TO GENERAL REX BLOCK CONFIGURATION TO FLOW PATTERN ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. AND CENTRAL CANADA. LINGERED SMALL CHANCES FOR RAIN OR SHOWERS INTO TUESDAY. LATER IN THE WEEK...DID NOT CHANGE PREVIOUS FORECAST TOO MUCH. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO TIMING PCPN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... SO WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT WORK ON THE DETAILS. && .AVIATION... FOR TAF SITES KOMA...KLNK AND KOFK SCT CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MRNG HOURS BEFORE ACTIVITY STARTS TO SHIFT EWD OF THE OMA/LNK TAF SITES. WL INCLUDE SOME SCT ACTIVITY WITH SOME MVFR VSBY DURING THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL THEN. LO LVL STRATUS AND FOG IS DVLPG OVR CNTRL NEB AND THIS MAY TRY AND DVLP EWD INTO THE AREA FOR A BRIEF TIME ALLOWING FOR IFR CONDS INTO MID MRNG AT ALL 3 SITES WITH MVRF TO VFR CONTS RETURNING BY 18Z. WRMFNT NR THE KS/NEB BORDER ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE CONVECTION TONIGHT AND HAVE INCLUDED IN THE OMA/LNK TERMINALS WITH A MENTION OF SHOWERS IN THE OFK TAF. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && DISCUSSION...MILLER AVIATION...BOUSTEAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 503 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2007 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-131100- 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- 503 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY OCCASIONAL NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SOME STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA...ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT OR SATURDAY. DEE
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:46 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a fire to house near 153rd and Ida Streets in far northwest Omaha. The fire damaged the roof and second floor with the first floor and basement sustaining significant smoke and water damage. The total damage was estimated at $250,000.
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