A return of somewhat more humid and unstable conditions sparked isolated severe thunderstorms north of the Omaha area during the evening hours of June 18th.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
A return of somewhat more humid and unstable conditions sparked isolated severe thunderstorms north of the Omaha area during the evening hours of June 18th.
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 18, 2:09 PM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 309 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 .DISCUSSION... LITTLE PROGRESSION OF LARGE SCALE FLOW ADVERTISED WITH STAGNANT PATTERN PREVAILING DURING THE SHORT TERM PERIODS. SFC BOUNDARY MOVING THRU THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON WAS INDUCING CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT WITH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM LFQ OF JET ENHANCING LIFT. MODELS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT MAX LIFT/LYR QG FRONTOGENESIS WILL GENERALLY RESIDE WEST OF THE CWA TONIGHT...AS WELL AS MAIN SEVERE THREAT. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE CWA WHEN ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE INCREASES INVOF A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY BECOMING ESTABLISHED FROM NE CO THRU SRN NEB. KI VALUES AOA 35 PROGGED AS MOISTURE POOLS WITH TIME. BOTH NAM/GFS IMPLY LIFT PERSISTING PER MID LVL QVEC CONVG ON THURSDAY WHEN A PIECE OF ENERGY RIDES OVER THE UPPER RIDGE. AM SOMEWHAT SKEPTICAL OF HPC/NAM-GFS QPF WITH THIS FEATURE DESPITE LIKELY POPS FROM MET/MAV GUID...SO WILL TRIM BACK POPS. DYNAMICS/MOISTURE WEAKEN THURSDAY NIGHT AND EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. WARMING TREND ON TAP INTO THE WEEKEND AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD TOWARD THE CNTRL CONUS. IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS...REASONABLE AGREEMENT SEEN AMONGST THE GFS/ECM/UKMO EARLY IN THE PERIOD WITH MOVING AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS. BY MONDAY SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIVERGE PARTICULARLY WITH THE UPPER LOW APPROACHING THE PACIFIC NW. THE GFS DIGS HEIGHT FALLS FARTHER SOUTH THAT THE ECM/UKMO WITH FASTER NORTHEAST PACIFIC JET SEGMENT. MEANWHILE...THE NORTHERN PLAINS RIDGE PUSHES INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH INCREASING LLVL THETA-E AIRMASS ADVECTING INTO THE PLAINS. THE ECM DEPICTS A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY DEVELOPING FROM ABOUT THE NEB PANHANDLE INTO KS BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH HEFTY QPF VALUES. HOWEVER THINK THAT AMOUNTS ARE OVERDONE GIVEN NIL DEEP LAYER FRONTOGENETIC FORCING/WEAK ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE. STILL...CANNOT TOTALLY DISCOUNT ANY THUNDER DEVELOPMENT SO WILL COVER CWA TOKEN SLGT POPS. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE ALONG 310K SFC INCREASES DRAMATICALLY MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS KS WHEN SHORTWAVE ENERGY DROPS SOUTH THRU THE PLAINS. IF ECM SOLUTION IS REALIZED...AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN CWA MAY WELL SEE HEAVY RAINFALL TAKE PLACE OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THREAT THOUGH LOOKS MINIMAL AT THIS POINT. ON TUESDAY SURFACE BOUNDARY HANGS UP INVOF THE SRN CWA...BUT THE ECM ADVERTISES BEST MOISTURE POOLING IN NRN MO/SRN IA. PASSING UPPER ENERGY AND PROXIMITY OF HIGH INSTABILITY PARAMETERS THOUGH MAKE SMALL POPS FOR THE SOUTHERN CWA REASONABLE. NOT MUCH MOIST INFLUX AFTER THAT...THUS DRY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WHEN LARGE SCALE FLOW TRANSITIONS FROM NEAR ZONAL TO MORE STAGNANT/MERIDIONAL PATTERN AND RIDGE AGAIN AMPLIFIES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. && .AVIATION... FOR TAF SITES KOMA...KLNK AND KOFK VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL MUCH OF THE NIGHT. ANY TSTM ACTIVITY COULD TAKE CEILING AND VISIBILITIES DOWN INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY... BUT WILL AMEND AS NEEDED. SOME FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT TOO. WINDS SHOULD MOSTLY BE 10 MPH OR LESS. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && DEE/BM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 601 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-191230- 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- 601 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA... WITH STORMS BECOMING LIKELY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALBION TO WAHOO TO LINCOLN AND BEATRICE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS AND MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA AS ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. AGAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA. OTHERWISE...RIVER FLOODING WILL LIKELY END ACROSS THE NISHNABOTNA RIVER BASIN IN SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT...BUT MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM NEBRASKA CITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FLOODING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SHOULD END FRIDAY MORNING. THEN...THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS A NEW FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WHILE WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT...IF SEVERE STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA...SPOTTER ASSISTANCE MAY BE NECESSARY. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED THURSDAY. DEWALD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail up to quarter size stripped corn fields 8 to 10 miles north of Arlington.
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