Thunderstorms, a few of which produced severe criteria wind gusts, developed over portions of eastern Nebraska late on June 26th and early on the 27th. The storms formed ahead of an unusually strong upper level low pressure system that brought an increasing low level jet to the region this night.
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Thunderstorms, a few of which produced severe criteria wind gusts, developed over portions of eastern Nebraska late on June 26th and early on the 27th. The storms formed ahead of an unusually strong upper level low pressure system that brought an increasing low level jet to the region this night.
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 26, 2:09 PM CST, 8 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 309 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... TSRA ONGOING SINCE THIS MRNG HAVE CREATED A MESSY PATTERN ACROSS THE AREA. MOISTURE AXIS IS STILL POINTED THROUGH ERN NEB TOWARD THE DAKOTAS AT 850MB...WITH UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING ACROSS ERN NEB AT 12Z TIED TO EARLIER TSRA AND NEXT WAVE UPSTREAM IN WRN MT. UPPER TROUGH WAS DIGGING INTO SWRN CANADA AS WELL. SFC FEATURES WERE COMPLICATED BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW AT 19Z...WITH ELONGATED SFC LOW EXTENDING FROM NRN MT THROUGH WY INTO ERN CO. WARM FRONT WAS ANALYZED FROM WRN NEB ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR IN NEB...THEN NEWD THROUGH IA TOWARD THE I-90 CORRIDOR. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS ALSO NOTED ACROSS NRN MO INTO FAR SERN NEB/NERN KS...THEN NWWD TOWARD KHJH. CONVECTION WAS DEVELOPING ALONG THAT OUTFLOW BDRY...WITH EARLIER TSRA NOW IN IA/MO. FORECAST ATTENTION IS ON NEXT 36 HR WITH TSRA POTENTIAL...WITH QUIETER FORECAST IN STORE AFTER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE FRI. MODELS HAVE NOT HAD A GOOD HANDLE ON CONVECTION SINCE YESTERDAY AND HAVE LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR SOLUTIONS FOR TONIGHT. DOES APPEAR THAT SUBSIDENCE AND STABILIZED AIR IN WAKE OF MORNING CONVECTION WILL SUPPRESS ANY RENEWED CONVECTION FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE AFTN...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONGOING CONVECTION IN SERN NEB AT THE TAIL OF THE LINE OF ACTIVITY. MAY SEE TSRA MOVE INTO NRNMOST CWA LATER THIS EVNG OUT OF SD AS SHORTWAVE HELPS KICK OFF TSRA...FED BY BACKING 850MB WINDS. ANY CELLS THAT DO FIRE THIS EVENING WILL BE IN AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AND SHEARED ENVIRONMENT...WITH POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. BEST LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE TIED TO SFC BDRIES...INCLUDING OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER CONVECTION AS WELL AS MAIN WARM FRONT...AND ANY STORMS MOVING ALONG THOSE BDRIES WILL HAVE A POTENTIAL TO BECOME TORNADIC. EXPECT MAIN ACTIVITY TO ARRIVE TONIGHT AS CONVECTION IN THE DAKOTAS EVOLVES INTO AN MCS THAT ROLLS INTO NERN NEB/WRN IA BY MORNING. DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAIN APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREATS AS ORGANIZED SYSTEM MOVES INTO UNSTABLE/MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS. 1-HR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS AROUND 2-3 INCHES N OF THE PLATTE RIVER...AND 3 HR FFG GUIDANCE IS AROUND 2-4 INCHES...INDICATING AREA IS NOT AS SUSCEPTIBLE AS SRN CWA TO FLASH FLOODING. WILL HOLD OFF ON A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WITH AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY IN CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION...THOUGH IF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST S OF I-80...ONE MIGHT BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. TSRA THREAT CONTINUES ON FRI AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE MORE VEERED NEAR THE SFC...AND MORE LINEAR SHEAR PROFILE WOULD SUGGEST STORMS ORGANIZING ALONG THE FRONT INTO LINEAR/MULTICELLULAR MODE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS REMAINING THE PRIMARY THREAT BUT ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR HAIL. FRONT IS PROGGED TO BE THROUGH THE CWA BY 00Z SAT...TAKING THE SHRA/TSRA RISK SEWD WITH IT. MODELS AGREE WELL IN DEVELOPING A SEASONABLY DEEP UPPER LOW OVER THE WRN GT LAKES SAT/SUN...PLACING CWA IN STRONG NWLY FLOW. SHOULD SEE SHRA/TSRA POTENTIAL IN NWLY FLOW CLOSER TO UPPER LOW ON SAT AFTN/EVNG...BUT AT THIS POINT...LOOKS LIKE POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN JUST E OF THE CWA. HAVE KEPT POPS OUT FOR NOW BUT WILL KEEP AN EYE FOR ANY SLOWER MOVEMENT/WWD TREND TO THE UPPER LOW THAT WOULD PUSH ACTIVITY INTO NERN CWA. OTHERWISE...STEEP UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPING IN THE ROCKIES ALONG WITH SFC/MID-LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL US WILL KEEP CWA DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. COOLER TEMPS THIS WEEKEND WILL MODERATE TOWARD CLIMO AS RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS AROUND MID-WEEK NEXT WEEK...WITH INCREASING TSRA POTENTIAL BEGINNING TUES/TUES NT AS WAVES TOP THE UPPER RIDGE AND MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE REGION. HAVE PUSHED BACK POPS ONCE AGAIN TO SLOW RETURN TO ACTIVE PATTERN. && .AVIATION... FOR TAF SITES KOMA...KLNK AND KOFK...THROUGH 27/18Z. INSTABILITY IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD SEE SOME ISOLD CONVECTION YET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DUE TO COVERAGE...LEFT OUT OF TAFS UNTIL LATER TONIGHT WHEN LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES AND SHORTWAVE TROF MOVES INTO THE REGION WITH BETTER COVERAGE. SOME MVFR/IFR CIGS WITH TSRA. WILL NEED TO MONITOR THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO SHEAR AND INSTABILITY AS GUSTY WINDS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && MAYES/ZAPOTOCNY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 446 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-271200- 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- 446 PM CDT THU JUN 26 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 AND FRIDAY WIDESPREAD INSTABILITY IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONGOING CONVECTION ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. A STALLED SURFACE BOUNDARY ALONG THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS THIS EVENING. SOME SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA LATE THIS EVENING FROM SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA DURING THE AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ON FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY EVENING IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...OTHERWISE THE NEXT CHANCE OF STORMS IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL WEDNNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. FOBERT
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:16 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at close to 60 mph downed a few 5 to 6 inch diameter tree branches.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured at 70 mph by weather equipment just southwest of Fairbury. The winds downed 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs in town.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph blew the roof off of a shed at the local Farmers Coop.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 100235, 100237, 100236.