Thunderstorms that developed just north of a slow moving cold front in central and western Nebraska during the afternoon and early evening of 7/11 raced east across northeast Nebraska during the overnight hours. At least one storm produced isolated wind damage near Stanton, while another storm produced a lightning strike which caused a fire which heavily damaged a house in Fremont.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms that developed just north of a slow moving cold front in central and western Nebraska during the afternoon and early evening of 7/11 raced east across northeast Nebraska during the overnight hours. At least one storm produced isolated wind damage near Stanton, while another storm produced a lightning strike which caused a fire which heavily damaged a house in Fremont.
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 Jul 12, 1:37 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 237 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERN CENTERS AROUND TSTM CHANCES OVER NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ONGOING MCS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO ROLL NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...DROPPING HEAVY RAINFALL TO PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND LIKELY STRONG WINDS. THINK MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR THRU SUNRISE. DIFFICULT FORECAST TO PIN DOWN TIMING AND LOCATION OF HIGHEST POPS OVER NEXT 36 HOURS. MOIST MONSOONAL FLOW WL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED PIECES OF ENERGY MOVING THRU THE FLOW OVER NEXT FEW DAYS. WK SFC FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS NRN KS WL MOVE NORTH OVER SERN NEB TODAY AND THEN MOVE SOUTH INTO NRN KS LATER TODAY KEEPING A MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA ON THE COOLER SIDE. LOWER TO MID 90S IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WITH MID TO UPPER 70S FORECAST ACROSS THE NORTH TODAY. 00Z MODELS DO INDICATE SOME CHANCE OF TSTM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BOUNDARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. CAP WL BE TOUGH TO OVERCOME BUT WL HAVE TO CONTINUE A CHANCE. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA LATER TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOCTURNAL LLVL JET SHOULD HELP AID IN CONTINUED CONVECTION INTO WED MORNING. WARM AIR RETURNS BY THURSDAY AND WL CONTINUE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES INTO THE WEEKEND. NO CHANGES MADE BEYOND THURSDAY. && .AVIATION... TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK 06Z TAFS ON THE WHOLE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THRU THE FCST PD. MAIN CONCERN THOUGH IS SCATTERED TSRA THE NEXT 24HRS ASSOCIATED WITH MEANDERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER ERN NEB. EXPECT TSRA AT KOFK UNTIL ABOUT 12/13Z...AND KOMA BTWN 12/10Z-13Z. APPEARS THAT CURRENT LINE OF CONVECTION OVER CNTRL NEB IS LIFTING EAST AND WILL NOT AFFECT KLNK. PROB30 GROUPS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AT KOMA/KLNK BTWN 12/22Z-13/02Z FOR ADDITIONAL TSRA. LATEST TAF FOR KOFK DOES NOT HAVE PROB30 GROUP IN 2ND HALF OF FCST...BUT ANTICIPATED ADDING AT 12Z TAF ISSUANCE. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && KERN/DEE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 427 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-122330- 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- 427 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IF STORMS DO DEVELOP ACROSS THIS AREA...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. PLEASE PASS ALONG ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KERN
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph snapped a power pole and uprooted some trees northeast of Stanton.
Lightning from a thunderstorm caused a fire which in turn caused significant damage to a house in Fremont including burning most of the roof away.
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