A stalled out surface boundary across the region provided a focus for thunderstorm development as an upper level disturbance moved overhead. There were no reports of severe weather with these afternoon thunderstorms, but they did provide areas of heavy rain.
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The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
A stalled out surface boundary across the region provided a focus for thunderstorm development as an upper level disturbance moved overhead. There were no reports of severe weather with these afternoon thunderstorms, but they did provide areas of heavy rain. As much as 3 to 4 inches of rain were reported across Mitchell and Osborne Counties, with estimates of over 6 inches in Rooks County, causing some flooding of Paradise Creek.
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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 7, 5:22 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 622 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2008 .AVIATION...THE MAIN PROBLEM FROM THE 12Z TAF WILL BE FOG. LIGHT FOG CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED AT KGRI AS OF 11Z. WILL CARRY 5SM FOR THE PREVAILING CATEGORY...WITH A BRIEF TEMPO GROUP FOR 2SM. THINK THAT AROUND 14Z...MUCH OF THE FOG SHOULD BE GONE. ONCE THE FOG LIFTS...THINK THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD SHOULD GENERALLY BE VFR...THOUGH THE POSSIBLITY OF A LITTLE PATCHY FOG LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD IS SOMETHING TO WATCH. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2008/ DISCUSSION...MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE VICINITY OF A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. EXPECT THAT THEY WILL GRADUALLY MOVE TO THE SOUTH THIS MORNING AS THE UPPER WAVE MOVES OUT OF THE AREA AND A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. CLOUD COVER WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY AS THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO THE AREA. THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY. TO THE WEST WINDS TURN TO THE SOUTH AND INCREASE AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST. THIS BRINGS A RETURN OF MOISTURE TO THE AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK UPPER WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA. MODELS HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES IN HOW MUCH OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO HAVE PRECIPITATION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTIES HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...JUST TWEAKING TOWARD THE LATEST FORECAST TRENDS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S DURING THE DAY AND IN THE LOWER 60S AT NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 508 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ072-073-082>087-081200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS- HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 508 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ELWOOD TO HEBRON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-074>077-081200- VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- 508 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO GENEVA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
731 AM CDT THU AUG 07 2008
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0729 AM HEAVY RAIN 16 S OSBORNE 39.21N 98.70W
08/07/2008 M3.10 INCH OSBORNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Paradise Creek was reported out of its banks. A rain gage indicated that over six inches of rain had fallen.
Paradise Creek was reported out of its banks.
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