Thunderstorms developed along a weak cold front/dry line in central Nebraska. The storms weakened as they pressed into eastern Nebraska during the late evening, but at least one of the storms in northeast Nebraska produced severe weather.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along a weak cold front/dry line in central Nebraska. The storms weakened as they pressed into eastern Nebraska during the late evening, but at least one of the storms in northeast Nebraska produced severe weather.
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 3, 2:14 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 314 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND REMAIN THE NEAR TERM FORECAST CONCERNS. UPPER LEVEL WAVE STREAMING EAST FROM WYOMING IN FAST ZONAL FLOW WAS INDUCING SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH DRY LINE SETTING UP SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA. DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 60S WERE SURGING NORTH AHEAD OF DRYLINE...AND LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATED WEAKENING CAP OVER 2000 J/KG SBCAPE. ENHANCED CU/TCU WAS NOTED ON VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOPS NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE...AND MAY BE FIRST INDICATION OF CONVECTION TONIGHT. EXPECT STORMS TO FIRE NEAR DRY LINE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TRACK EAST INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AS UPPER WAVE DRAGS SURFACE LOW EAST THROUGH EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET SHOULD REACH 45KTS BY MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...HELPING TO MAINTAIN THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. CURRENT TIMING IS FASTER THAN PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS...AND FORECAST WAS ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. EXPECT STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA OVERNIGHT WITH DECREASING CHANCES TO THE SOUTH WHERE SURFACE/LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND WARM ADVECTION/FORCING IS LOWER. GIVEN SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS...HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS OVER THE NORTH...WITH MORE STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER MINIMIZING TORNADO AND HIGH WIND THREAT WITH TIME THROUGH THE EVENING. WITH FASTER EASTWARD PROGRESS...EXPECT MOST CONVECTION TO BE OUT OF THE EASTERN CWA BY MORNING. TRAILING COLD FRONT/WIND SHIFT WILL THEN SETTLE OVER OUR SOUTHERN CWA IN THE AFTERNOON WHERE POOLING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...DEW POINTS IN THE MID 60S...IS EXPECTED. SURFACE CONVERGENCE IS STILL AN ISSUE AND MAY NOT BE OVERCOME...BUT WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 80S OR 90...SBCAPE SHOULD SPIKE TO OVER 2500 J/KG LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THIS REGARD. MODERATE SHEAR OF 35 KTS IS FORECAST BY GFS...SO SOME ORGANIZED CELLS POSSIBLE. WHAT IS LEFT OF SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE DRAGGED NORTH AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL WAVE RIDES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. LOW LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION WITH/OVER THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD SPARK MORE CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL/NORTHERN CWA NEAR/AFTER MIDNIGHT. ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS IN QUESTION WITH THE NAM SUGGESTING 1000 J/KG MUCAPE WHILE GFS IS LESS AGGRESSIVE. HAVE MAINTAINED CHANCE POPS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING FOR THIS ACTIVITY. SIMILAR SCENARIO TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL COME SATURDAY AS TRAILING COLD FRONT/WIND SHIFT FROM NORTHERN STREAM WAVE WILL DROP TOWARD THE SOUTHERN CWA IN THE AFTERNOON. MOISTURE DOES NOT LOOK AS IMPRESSIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH BOUNDARY LIKELY A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. SO WILL HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTH THEN. LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE DRY FOR NOW AS NEXT WAVE WILL WAIT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY TO AFFECT OUR AREA. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY SHOULD BE QUITE WARM AS MIXING NEAR SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONTAL ZONE PUSHES HIGHS WELL INTO THE 80S. SIMILAR SCENARIO SATURDAY BY LINGERING CLOUDS A SLIGHTLY COOLER LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERE SHOULD HOLD HIGHS TOWARD LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S. SUNDAY LOOKS COOLER WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 70S FOR A GOOD PART OF THE CWA. DERGAN .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. FORECAST REMAINS A CHALLENGE IN THE LONG TERM AS MUCH OF THE PLAINS AND WESTERN US REMAINS UNDER DOMINATE ZONAL FLOW. 12Z GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN POOR AGREEMENT AS THE GFS PROMOTES A STEEPER WRN RIDGE BY 00Z THURSDAY DUE TO DEEPER LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE ECMWF KEEPS RELATIVE ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE WRN CONUS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WHILE CONTINUING TO ADVANCE WEAKER SHORTWAVES THROUGH THE PLAINS. ANALYSIS OF THE 12Z NAEFS 500MB HGTS SUPPORTS THE ZONAL FLOW SOLUTION WITH RELATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. PRECIP CHANCES REMAIN THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN...AS FORCING FOR STORMS WILL COME FROM SHORTWAVE ENERGY EJECTING ACROSS THE REGION. CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN TIMING AND LOCATION OF PRECIP DUE TO MODEL DISCREPANCIES. KEPT CHANCE POPS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AS THERE IS SOME AGREEMENT IN THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THE SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS SUNDAY. CONTINUE TO CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A SERIES OF WEAKER WAVES CONTINUE TO TRAVERSE THE ZONAL FLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM...WITH HIGHS REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 80S BY WEDNESDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO SUPPORT SFC AND 850MB WAA INTO THE REGION. KURTZ && .AVIATION... TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK 18Z TAFS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ANTICIPATED OVER ERN NEB TONIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH SFC COLD FRONT DROPPING OUT OF THE DAKOTAS AND INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS. EXPECT FROPA AT KOFK AROUND 04/12Z...AND KOMA/KLNK AROUND 14Z. AS OF NOW...APPEARS THAT KOFK AND KOMA ARE MOST AT RISK TO SEE -TSRA BTWN 04/03Z-09Z. SOME CHANCE FOR SVR TS DEVELOPMENT MAINLY AT KOFK THIS LATE THIS EVENING...BUT HAVE OPTED NOT TO MENTION IN 18Z TAF ISSUANCE. OTHERWISE VFR COND WILL PREVAIL THRU THE FCST PD. DEE && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 440 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-041145- 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- 440 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING THEN MOVE EAST INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA LATER TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE TO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY MORNING DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA. THE MAJORITY OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE YET FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS A STALLED FRONT REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING IN PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. FOBERT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 611 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 NEZ016-030-040000- ANTELOPE NE-BOONE NE- 611 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN ANTELOPE AND NORTHERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES WEST OF ELGIN...OR 53 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ELGIN... OAKDALE... FOBERT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 655 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 NEZ016-017-031-040045- ANTELOPE NE-MADISON NE-PIERCE NE- 655 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANTELOPE...SOUTHERN PIERCE AND NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF MEADOW GROVE...OR 22 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... NORFOLK... MEADOW GROVE... BATTLE CREEK... PIERCE... HADAR... WILLOW CREEK STATE RECREATION AREA... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KERN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 703 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 NEZ030-031-042-040045- BOONE NE-MADISON NE-PLATTE NE- 703 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN PLATTE...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPALDING...OR 51 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ALBION... NEWMAN GROVE... LINDSAY... LORETTO... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KERN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
806 PM CDT THU JUN 03 2010
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0800 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 WNW VERDEL 42.82N 98.23W
06/03/2010 KNOX NE TRAINED SPOTTER
BRIEF FUNNEL
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BKERNThe Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm spotter estimated thunderstorm winds of 60 mph winds occurred with dime-size hail west of Crofton.
The hail occurred with thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2010
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: 223738, 223739.