Supercell thunderstorms developed from west of Columbus toward and east of Norfolk as a warm front pressed north toward that region as a cold front was dropping south through northern Nebraska. South of the warm front temperatures climbed to around 90 degrees with dewpoint temperatures around 70.
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Supercell thunderstorms developed from west of Columbus toward and east of Norfolk as a warm front pressed north toward that region as a cold front was dropping south through northern Nebraska. South of the warm front temperatures climbed to around 90 degrees with dewpoint temperatures around 70. Meanwhile north of the cold front temperatures were in the 60s and 70s. As the two boundaries merged in the late afternoon the storms merged into a line which pushed southeast across the Omaha and Lincoln areas. The northern end of the storms caused wind damage across the northern sections of Omaha and was the beginning of a derecho which caused wind damage to parts of 3 other states as it swept eastward. The storms also produced numerous reports of large hail and at least 2 weak tornadoes.
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 1, 1:41 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 241 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST ISSUES WILL REVOLVE AROUND SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNON AND TONIGHT. COMPLEX WEATHER SITUATION AS THERE IS OUTFLOW RELATED TO THE STORMS OVR SD...AND SFC COLD FNT SAGS INTO THE CWA VICINITY KOFK...MEANWHILE...WARMER/UNSTABLE AIR HAS LIFTED INTO NEB AS WELL WITH SFC LOW PRES FM KOFK TOWARD KLBF AND KHLC KS. THE SOUTH FLOW HAS BEEN STRENGTHENING OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...WITH TEMPS INCREASING IN THE 80S AND 90S AND DEWPOINTS INCREASING IN THE UPPER 60S. DEWPOINTS HAVE DROPPED IN THE VCNTY OF KLCG/KOFK/KBVN IN THE AREA OF THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. SUNSHINE IS ON THE INCREASE ACRS SRN NEB WITH THE CONVECTION MORE FOCUSED OVR NW IA INTO NRN AND ECNTRL NEB. INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN IN THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY AS DEEP LAYER 0-6KM SHEAR INCREASES TO 35 TO 50KTS. MEANWHILE...0-1KM HELICITY INCREASES TO 150M2/S2. TWO AREAS OF CONCERN...ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH AND THEN ALSO FARTHER SOUTH DUE TO THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASING OVR KS. HAVE SVR AND TOR WATCHES IN EFFECT EXPECT SVR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. DUE TO THE INSTABILITY/INCREASING LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LYR SHEAR...TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP. HAVE FOCUSED HIGHEST POPS IN THE NORTH AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST WITH TIME. FARTHER SOUTH AWAY FM THE BOUNDARY...BUT IN THE VICINITY THERE IS LESS CONFIDENCE ON COVERAGE AND EXACTLY WHERE THE STORMS WILL IGNITE. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THIS LOW LEVEL JET VEERS SHIFTING THE ORGANIZED THREAT OF SVR STORMS FM ERN NEB AND WRN IA FARTHER EAST INTO IA...HOWEVER...SINCE THE FRONT WILL STILL LIE IN SE NEB...THIS AREA COULD ALSO MAINTAIN STORMS OVERNIGHT. DEPENDING ON THE CONVECTION OVERNIGHT...A SFC BOUNDARY MAY LINGER ACRS SE NEB INTO SW IA...AND MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM WED. A SHORTWAVE TROF OVR WRN NEB WILL PUSH ACRS THE AREA DURING THE DAY. RESIDUAL MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND UVV WITH THE SHORT WAVE TROF FARTHER NORTH MAY RESULT IN SCT SHOWERS AND TSRA NORTH OF THE FRONT...THUS LEFT THE CHC IN FOR RAIN INTO WED AND EARLY WED EVENING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN FOR WED NIGHT..HOWEVER ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROF WILL DRAG A FRONT INTO THE AREA THU AFTERNOON/THURSDAY NIGHT/FRI. IN THE LONGER TERM...FRI NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...A SHORTWAVE TROF TRACKING ACRS SRN CANADA AND THE NRN PLAINS WILL FOCUS SOUTH FLOW ACRS THE PLNS TOWARD A FNT OVR SD. AS THE WAVE PUSHES EAST...THE ORGANIZED WX SHOULD REMAIN TO OUR NORTH...HOWEVER THE FRONT MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM FOR THE CWA. THERE MAY BE SOME LINGER PRECIP SAT MORNING...THEN THIS FEATURE SHIFTS EAST FOR SAT AND SAT NIGHT. THE GFS IS HINTING THAT THERE COULD BE ANOTHER RIPPLE IN THE NW FLOW...SO WILL NEED TO SEE IF THIS HOLDS IN FUTURE RUNS BEFORE ADDING TO THE FCST. THE MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVR THE ROCKIES WITH ANOTHER WAVE DROPPING FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS PATTERN REPEATS ITSELF WITH CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN THE HIGH PLAINS DURING THE EVENING AND SPREADS EASTWARD BOTH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WITH UNCERTAINTY IN STRENGTH AND COVERAGE BY THE TIME THE STORMS MOVE EAST...INCLUDED EITHER ISOLATED OR SCT COVERAGE FOR DAYS 6 AND 7. WITH THE NW FLOW...TEMPS ARE COOLER. HIGHS SAT/SUN IN THE UPR 70S LOWER 80S AND IN THE 70S MON AND TUE. && .AVIATION... TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK 18Z TAFS FIRST LINE OF TSRA LIFTING NORTH WILL AFFECT KOFK EARLY ON...THEN AS THE SFC FNT SAG SOUTH...TSRA EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM MID AFTERNOON ON AT KOFK AND EXPAND SOUTHWARD TO KOMA AND KLNK THRU THE EVENING. MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS EXPECTED WITH THE TSRA. WILL NEED TO ADJUST TAFS AS INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS DEVELOP. SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN WITH MVFR VSBYS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO WED MORNING. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && ZAPOTOCNY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 254 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-021000- 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- 254 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER A LARGE PART OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ALONG A LINE FROM ALBION TO ONAWA AS A COLD FRONT DRIFTING SOUTHEAST MERGES WITH AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING NORTH FROM MORNING CONVECTION. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL THEN DRIFT SOUTHEAST...REACHING A SEWARD TO OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS LINE BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM. THIS LINE SHOULD CONTINUE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. GIVEN HIGH INSTABILITY AND INCREASING SHEAR...SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. MORE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HOWEVER A LAYER OF WARM AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE WILL LIKELY KEEP A CAP ON THOSE STORMS MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...AND MAY POSSIBLY INHIBIT STORM FORMATION ENTIRELY. IF STORMS HAPPEN TO BREAK THE CAP...AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 COULD SEE ACTIVITY AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME AFTER 5 OR 6 PM. THESE STORMS SHOULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY GIVEN EXTREME INSTABILITY...AND WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR THE THREAT OF TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHEAST. MUCH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE MOVING EAST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 1115 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 NEZ078-011700- SALINE NE- 1115 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SALINE COUNTY UNTIL NOON CDT... AT 1110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRUNING...OR 39 MILES SOUTH OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. IF THE STORM MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY...THE HAIL COULD BE LARGER AND A WARNING MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... TOBIAS AROUND 1135 AM CDT. 11 MILES WEST OF WILBER AROUND 1150 AM CDT. DORCHESTER AROUND NOON CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. DEWALD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1145 AM CDT TUE JUN 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1139 AM HAIL 1 N TOBIAS 40.43N 97.34W
06/01/2010 E0.75 INCH SALINE NE EMERGENCY MNGR
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VDEWALDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1204 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 AM HAIL 1 SW TOBIAS 40.41N 97.35W
06/01/2010 E1.75 INCH SALINE NE PUBLIC
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VDEWALDThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:53 UTC.
27 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Golf ball-size hail fell south through southeast of Stanton.
A tornado briefly touched down about 9 miles north of Wisner and was on the ground for around a mile and a quarter. Soybean crops were damaged by the tornado with little other damage noted. There were some local reports that the tornado moved south and then southwest while the parent thunderstorm was moving northeast.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph caused areas of crop damage across the southern part of Cuming county.
Hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter fell southwest through south of Wisner. The hail fell for nearly 15 minutes and accumulated up to 2 to 3 feet in some ditches aided by 2 to 3 inches of rain that fell during and after the hail.
Hail up to golf ball-size covered the ground.
Hail up to golf ball-size fell in the Fremont area for several minutes.
Hail around nickel size fell from just south of Blair into Blair just before becoming Golf ball-size.
The hail was accompanied by winds at least 40 to 50 mph.
Hail of nickel to golf ball-size preceded or fell just as thunderstorm wind gusts measured around 70 mph by the Awos in Blair, which is several miles south of town.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at close to 60 mph knocked down a few large tree limbs causing minor structural damage in Arlington.
Reported near the Washington county line in the northwest part of Douglas county.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph uprooted a tree and blew over a carport near Weston and caused scattered tree damage from there into the Wahoo area. Some of the trees or large limbs that fell in Wahoo caused some generally minor vehicle, home and other structural damage.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 71 mph was measured by the Awos at the Blair Airport, about 7 miles south of town. The winds knocked down trees and large limbs from around Blair into the southeast part of Washington county. Some vehicle and other damage was noted around Blair. Hail up to golf ball-size fell around this same time in Blair.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 65 mph downed trees from near Bennington toward 72nd Street and Highway 36. Three vehicles were hit by falling trees resulting in one minor injury in the 72nd Street area where in one-quarter mile stretch numerous trees were downed across the road. Some sheds were blown away or destroyed in the Bennington area. Other trees were downed in the Highway 36 and 132nd Street area. Tree damage was observed a mile or two either side of Highway 36 from the storm.
Hail of 1 inch to half dollar-size in diameter was reported from west Omaha into the western sections of midtown near 108th and Grover and 108th and I Streets. The half dollar-size hail was reported near 180th and Q Streets and north of 144th and Center. The hail caused some car and plant damage.
Storm spotters estimated thunderstorm winds around 60 mph from the Elkhorn area to just north of 144th and Center.
Near Dodge and Skyline.
Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter fell near Gretna.
Hail around 1 inch in diameter fell for just under 10 minutes around the 84th and Cornhusker area.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at close to 60 mph downed trees and power lines forcing several streets to be barricaded by police.
A brief tornado touchdown caused damage to a pole barn before lifting near Highway 66.
Reported on the east side of Omaha.
Reported on the east side of town along 84th Street.
The hail reached quarter-size a few minutes later.
Hail up to nickel-size fell for several minutes around the Wilber area.
Rainfall of 1.5 to 2 inches fell in an hour or less and caused some minor street flooding in town.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by dime-size hail.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by hail that reached 1 inch in diameter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 2010Warnings in Nebraska, June 2010
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