Early morning severe thunderstorms developed north of a stalled frontal boundary and low pressure system that extended from north central Kansas into southern Iowa.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Early morning severe thunderstorms developed north of a stalled frontal boundary and low pressure system that extended from north central Kansas into southern Iowa.
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 Jun 3, 2:51 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 351 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 .DISCUSSION... ON-GOING THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER INITIAL CONCERNS...THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. LATEST SUBJECTIVE SFC ANALYSIS HAD THE SFC WRM FNT LIFTING N TO THE NE/KS BORDER...WITH A SECOND FNT FM SE SD INTO NE NEB INTO IA. FM THE UA MAPS...THE H3 HET WAS ACRS THE NRN PLAINS...WITH ANOTHER SEGMENT COMING INTO THE PACIFIC NW. AT H5...THERE WERE 40M HT FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLOSED LOW OVR NRN ID. VRY CD -26DEG C AIR WAS NOTED WITH THIS LOW. ALTHOUGH THE H7 TEMP WAS +14C AT TOP...THERE WERE A CLUSTER OF STORMS THAT FORMED NORTH OF THE WRMFNT IN KS AND THESE HAD SHIFTED SOUTHEAST. THIS WAS IN AN AREA OF STRONG WAA AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE JET. OVER THE LAST FEW HRS...HAVE ISSUED A SEVERE T-STORM WATCH AND WARNINGS FOR PARTS OF NE NEB. MID LEVEL MOISTURE WAS POOLED IN THE AREA ALONG WITH SRN IA AND THE H85 DEWPOINTS WERE POOLED FM SE NEB INTO KS. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS IMPEDING THE LLJ INTO SE NEB AND WITH THE CAP IN PLACE...STORMS HAVE NOT DEVELOPED IN SE NEB. THE LLJ REMAINS STRG AT 50 TO 65KTS PER KS PROFILERS..AND NOW THAT THE CLUSTER OF STORMS HAS SHIFTED...THE STORMS OVER NEB AND IA SHOULD BE INFLUENCED MORE BY THIS LLJ. THE LATEST NAM CONTINUES TO VEER THIS JET THRU THE MORNING HRS. DTORMS OVER CENTRAL NEB AND ANOTHER CLUSTER OVR WRN SD ARE PROMPTING WRNINGS. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO CURRENT WATCH AND IN ADDITION...SE NEB...ON THE EDGE OF THE CAP WHERE MU CAPE IS THE GREATEST. 0-1KM SRH IS HIGHER NEAR THE SD/NE BORDER AND TO THE S IN KS. EXPECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS MORNING...AS THE SFC LOW MOVES INTO CNTRL KS...AND THE H85 FNT MOVES INTO CNTRL KS...MEANWHILE...THERE ARE SHORTWAVE TROF IMPULSES IN THE FLOW ACRS THE PLANS...WITH THE CLOSED LOW TRACKING ACRS MT. ALTHOUGH NOT ABLE TO TRACK THESE IMPULSES DEFINITIVELY...AFTER MORNING CONVECTION...THE TREND AND COVERAGE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON ANDTHE BETTER FOCUS FOR ORGANIZED STORMS TO THE EAST ACRS IA INTO NRN IL. AS THE WRM H85 TEMPS HOLD TO THE S...HAVE HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S N TO THE LOWER 80S S. SFC LOW PRES RE- DEVELOPS OVR SW KS TONIGHT WITH THE SFC FNT NEARBY. THE STRONGER SHORTWAVE TROF MOVES IN TOWARD LATER TONIGHT INTO WED...THUS HOLD ON TO SLIGHT CHC AND CHC POPS TONIGHT...AND INCREASE POPS LATE TONIGHT AND WED. THE APPROACHING LONGWAVE TROF AND THE SFC FNT FM SE NEB INTO CNTL IA CONTINUE TO PROVIDED A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR HEAVY RAIN WITH FFG AROUND 1.5 INCHES AND INITIALLY AROUND 1.5 INCHES OF PW TODAY AND AGAIN FROM WED NIGHT THRU FRI. WE REMAIN IN THE SLIGHT RISK FOR TODAY AND DAYS 2 THRU 4. && .AVIATION... FOR TAF SITES KOMA...KLNK AND KOFK THRU 04/12Z. AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN S CENTRAL NEB WILL MOVE TOWARD OMA AND LNK WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE. BEST CHC TSTMS STILL LOOKS LIKE ARND 10Z-14Z WITH DISSIPATION EXPECTED MID MORNING. PATCHY MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS UNTIL TSTMS MOVE E...THEN VFR. OFK AREA MAY ALSO SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT TIL ARND 12Z. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A LULL IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THRU 12Z WED BUT THIS IS NOT CERTAIN...AS SEVERAL FRONTS AND HIGH LEVELS OF MOISTURE REMAIN IN THE AREA. EVEN WITHOUT TSTMS...PATCHY MVFR CIGS/VSBYS MAY DEVELOP AFT 06Z. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && ZAPOTOCNY/POLLACK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 510 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-031100- 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- 510 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE FAVORABLE TONIGHT IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. OTHERWISE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED ON TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AS OF NOW...THURSDAY APPEARS TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WHEN A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD INTO THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. DEE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
144 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008
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0136 AM HAIL WAUSA 42.50N 97.54W
06/03/2008 E0.88 INCH KNOX NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
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CZAPOTOCThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:01 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A Cooperative Observer estimated thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph.
Local law enforcement estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph in the vicinity.
Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell for about 5 minutes in Walnut.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, June 2008
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: 94199, 94201, 94193, 94195.