Hail in Nebraska, June 11, 2008

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
318 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

.DISCUSSION...
SVR WEATHER/HEAVY RAIN TDA/TNGT MAIN FORECAST CONCERN AND FOCUS.
STRONG H85 THETA E ADVCTN WAS FUELING MORNING SVR CONVECTION SERN
NEBRASKA BUT WARMER/DRY MID LVL AIR HAD SUPPRESSED ACTIVITY A
BIT FTHR NW...AS OF 07Z...BUT CONVECTION WAS DVLPG MORE AT 08Z.
00Z 4KM WRF PCPN COMPOSITE REFLECTIVITY WAS HANDLING SITUATION
FAIRLY WELL AND THIS MODEL PUSHED MAJORITY OF QPF E OF THE CWA BY
18Z WITH MOST OF THE EXPLOSIVE NEW DVLPMENT NEAR FRONT IN 22Z-00Z
PD FM SW TO NE ACROSS CWA. GRIDS WERE DRAWN UP TO REFLECT THIS
THINKING...WITH SCT MENTION THRU MID MORNING THEN A LULL IN POPS
BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN BY LATE AFTN...ALTHOUGH THIS MAY BE
SMOOTHED IN ZFP PRODUCT. WITH SW TO NE TRAINING LIKELY EARLY IN
THE EVENT BEFORE PCPN PROBABLY PROPAGATING ESE LATER TNGT
...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RUNNING HIGH AND INDICIES LOW...A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH WL BE ISSUED SERN 2/3RDS. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES/CONVECTIVE
DEBRIS FROM MORNING CONVECTION COULD WRECK HAVOC WITH NEW DVLPMENT
INTO AFTN AND TEMPS BUT LEFT HIGHS BASICALLY ALONE AND FORMER WILL
HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH AS IT OCCURS LATER. COULD ALSO SEE NEED FOR
WIND ADVISORY SECTIONS OF THE SE LATER TDA ALSO...BUT MORNING
CONVECTION PROVIDES A LITTLE UNCERTAINTY.

STARTED DECREASING POPS FM NW TO SE LATER TNGT INTO THUR...BUT
INCLUDED SLGT CHC OF AFTN CONVECTION FAR N THU AFTN AS
HTG...COOLING MID LVL TEMPS AND JET SEGMENT COULD TOUCH OFF A FEW
TSTMS SIMILAR TO MON. AIRMASS TRAILING CURRENT COLD FRONT PRETTY
COOL WITH READINGS IN THE LOWER 50S IN WRN NEBR...THUS TRIMMED
BACK LOWS TNGT. NEXT FRONT IS SIMILARLY FORECAST BY 00Z ECMWF AND
GFS TO ENTER NRN ZONES BY 00Z SUN...BUT GFS ENSEMBLES
SMOOTHS/WASHES BOUNDARY OUT BY SUN AND THAT TIME PD MAY NEED MORE
ADJUSTING IN LATER FORECASTS. HOWEVER..DUE TO TIME RESTRAINTS THIS
MORNING LTL/NO CHANGES MADE TO FRI AND BEYOND.

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR TAF SITES KOMA...KLNK AND KOFK THROUGH 12/12Z.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY
BRING BRIEF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS TO KOMA/KOFK AND KLNK TAF SITES. THOSE
STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER BY 14Z. A COLD
FRONT DROPPING SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA IS EXPECTED TO
LIGHT UP WITH THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 21Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND
COULD AFFECT KOFK AT THAT TIME...THEN TO KOMA AND KLNK BY 00Z.
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 50KTS AND LARGE
HAIL. CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WITH ACCOMPANYING MVFR
CIGS/VSBYS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 00Z AND 12Z THURSDAY.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR NEZ015-034-045.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
     FOR NEZ032-033-042>044-050>053-065>068-078-088>093.

IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091.

&&

CHERMOK/DERGAN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
528 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-111230-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-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-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
528 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THOUGH THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW...SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY CLOSER
TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE.

A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA DURING
THE AFTERNOON. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL SURGE NORTH AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...CAUSING HIGH INSTABILITY. WIND SHEAR WILL ALSO
INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SETTING THE STAGE FOR SUPERCELL
STORMS TO FORM BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE
STORMS WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING. HEAVY RAIN WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY LIKELY BY LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

FLOODING CONTINUES ON SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS FROM RECENT
HEAVY RAIN. CHECK THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FOR
DETAILS REGARDING FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR THOSE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. ALSO...ANY LINGERING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...BUT WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DERGAN/ROSS