An isolated early evening thunderstorms moving across Thayer County dropped pea to penny size hail near the town of Alexandria.
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An isolated early evening thunderstorms moving across Thayer County dropped pea to penny size hail near the town of Alexandria.
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 Jul 8, 2:28 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 328 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS MOVED OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLIER...BUT A WEAK BOUNDARY HAS ALLOWED FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. DO NOT EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE...BUT THEY WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. CURRENT ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE MAIN FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS AT THIS TIME. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT EXPECT LIGHT WINDS.IN THE SOUTHEAST THERE WILL BE DECREASING CLOUDS WHILE IN THE NORTHWEST CLOUD COVER WILL REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME. ON WEDNESDAY ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING BUT MOST EVERYTHING WILL BE LIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM...12 THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES AND WEEKEND PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH A LOW AMPLITUDE PATTERN CONTINUING. THIS BRINGS BASICALLY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE CONUS AS A FLATTENED RIDGE SITS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND NUMEROUS PIECES OF WEAK AND QUICK MOVING ENERGY PASS THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND NORTH. LOOKING AT THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...KEPT DRY FORECAST GOING. ON THURSDAY...OVER OUR CWA FLOW ALOFT IS SLIGHTLY NORTHWESTERLY AND A SURFACE TROUGH DRAPED OVER THE HIGH PLAINS CONTINUES THE SOUTHERLY FLOW. INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...A STRONGER MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST FROM THE WEST COAST OF CANADA...AND MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING THE CENTER OF THE LOW IN CENTRAL CANADA BY 12Z FRIDAY. AT THE SURFACE AHEAD OF THIS UL SYSTEM...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES/PLAINS DEEPENS. FOR BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THIS WILL CAUSE A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION...AND AN INCREASE IN SOUTHERLY WINDS TO NEAR 20 MPH. AS THE MAIN UL SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA...SO MOVES THE MAIN SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS...WHICH WILL HELP TO PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO OUR REGION LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOME MODELS HINT AT DEVELOPING PRECIPITATION ALONG THE FRONT...BUT DECIDED TO KEEP THE CWA DRY FOR NOW. ONE THING THAT HURTS CHANCES FOR PRECIP IS WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES SHOWN BY MODELS...NEAR 14C AT 700MB...WHICH HELP TO KEEP THINGS CAPPED. MODELS ARE ARE ALSO KEEPING THE BULK OF ACTION A BIT NORTHEAST OF THE CWA WHERE THE UL SUPPORT IS BETTER AND THE CAP IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG. CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DO INCREASE FOR THE WEEKEND TIMEFRAME...AND DID UP POPS A TOUCH. ALOFT...MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS MOVED EAST...LEAVING SLIGHT NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE...THE FRONT WHICH HAD MOVED INTO THE REGION LOSES ITS MAIN PUSH AS THAT UL LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN CANADA...CAUSING IT TO STALL OUT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT...AND HAVE LEFT CHANCES IN ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND. COOLER AIR ADVECTING IN ALOFT HELPS TO LESSEN THE CAP...AND MODELS SHOW A SMALL 60ISH KT UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK CROSSING OVERHEARD. MODELS HAVE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES WITH THE DETAILS OF WHERE EXACTLY THE FRONT SITS...BUT DO KEEP BETTER CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 2/3RDS OF THE CWA. DID NOT MAKE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES TO POPS AS CONFIDENCE IS NOT REAL HIGH...AS THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THE FRONT MAY GET PUSHED FAR ENOUGH SOUTH SO IT HAS LITTLE IMPACT ON OUR CWA. WOULD NOT EXPECT A CONTINUOUS FEW DAYS OF PRECIP...BUT WITH THE FRONT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND WITH DETAILS YET TO BE IRONED OUT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS...CANT COMPLETELY RULE OUT ANY SPECIFIC TIME/LOCATION. BETTER CHANCES EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHEN THE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET/WAA INCREASE. DID COOL WEEKEND TEMPERATURES A BIT...WITH PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE AND PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER AND EASTERLY WINDS EXPECTED...KEPT HIGHS IN THE MID 80S WITH NEAR 90 POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH. FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK...CONFIDENCE IS EVEN LOWER...AS HOW THIS WEEKEND EVOLVES IS A MAJOR PART IN PRECIPITATION CHANCES. DID KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES IN FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS ON MONDAY...AS THE UPPER LEVELS BRING ANOTHER PUSH LATER IN THE DAY...ENOUGH TO MOVE PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE CWA...AND LEFT MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY DRY. WITH THE UNCERTAINTY...STAYED CLOSE TO HPC TEMPERATURES...BRINGING HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO NEAR 90 BY TUESDAY. && .AVIATION...18Z TAF. VFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. LATE TONIGHT SOME LIGHT FOG/MIST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO MVFR CONDITIONS BUT SHOULD BURN OFF QUICKLY AS THE SUN COMES UP. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 340 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 091200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 340 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GENEVA NEBRASKA THROUGH PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTH OF A LEXINGTON TO HEBRON LINE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTION...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief weak tornado reported near Thayer and Fillmore County line. Likely a landspout associated with line of towering cumulus clouds.
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