An area of thunderstorms developed overnight across northeast Nebraska along the nose of a strong low level jet. These storms continued to move southeast across southeast Nebraska.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
An area of thunderstorms developed overnight across northeast Nebraska along the nose of a strong low level jet. These storms continued to move southeast across southeast Nebraska. Heavy rain, damaging winds nearing 70 miles per hour and hail were reported across southeast Nebraska. Several trees were uprooted and power lines were down near Adams in Gage county and in Saline county center pivots were damaged and trees downed east of Dorchester.
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 27, 5:05 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 605 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 .AVIATION... 12Z TAFS FOR KOMA...KLNK...KOFK. SCATTERED TSTMS SHOULD AFFECT THE TAF SITES...WITH TEMPORARY MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. KEPT MENTION OF TSRA AT KOFK UNTIL MID DAY...BUT INTO MID AFTN AT KOMA AND KLNK. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SO DID INCLUDE MENTION OF THAT. LATER TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AND FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS. MODELS SHOW SOME MOISTURE AROUND 8000 FEET LATE TONIGHT...BUT DID NOT ADD ANOTHER GROUP FOR THAT AT THIS POINT. MILLER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013/ DISCUSSION... QUIET WEATHER WILL ONCE AGAIN BE INTERRUPTED BY NOCTURNAL/MORNING CONVECTION...WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE THROUGH THE DAY. SUBJECTIVE 00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATES A STRENGTHENING UPPER-LEVEL HIGH OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...WITH 500MB HEIGHTS AS HIGH AS 5960M WITH WIDESPREAD 60-90M HEIGHT RISES ACROSS AREAS WEST OF THE ROCKIES. A SEASONALLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL JET WAS IMPINGING ON THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...WITH UP TO 130KT WINDS. BROAD 850MB LOW EXTENDED ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WITH RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A DRY POCKET WAS NOTED UNDER THE RIDGE...WITH 850MB DEWPOINTS OF -2C TO 2C IN EASTERN NEB/EASTERN KS/SOUTHEAST SD. HIGHER 850MB MOISTURE DID EXTEND FROM TX INTO THE HIGH PLAINS...AND RAP ANALYSIS INDICATED A STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL JET REACHING FROM THE HIGH PLAINS INTO SOUTHERN SD...WHERE HIGHER 850MB MOISTURE WAS POOLING. AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDER HAS BLOSSOMED OVER CENTRAL/SOUTHEASTERN SD...WITH ECHOES JUST REACHING NORTH CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST NEB BUT NOT MUCH HITTING THE GROUND YET AT AREA OB SITES. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...FOLLOWED BY QUIET AND COOLER WEATHER. SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDER SHOULD CONTINUE TO FESTER ON THE NOSE OF THE LOW-LEVEL JET...AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO DROP INTO NORTHEAST NEB BY AROUND DAYBREAK AS MID-LEVEL RIDGE AND DRY AIR POCKET SLIDE EASTWARD...ALLOWING MOISTENING TO LOW LEVELS. NAM/RAP/HRRR FORECAST SOUNDINGS KEEP THE PROFILE RATHER STABLE THROUGH THE MORNING AROUND KOFK...SO AM THINKING CHARACTER OF THE ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN MORE IN THE SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDER CATEGORY THIS MORNING...RATHER THAN TURNING INTO SOMETHING MORE STORMY. STORMS SHOULD FESTER THROUGH THE DAY...THOUGH THEY MIGHT LOSE SOME COVERAGE NEAR MIDDAY AS 850MB LOW/BOUNDARY REORGANIZES. MEANWHILE...SOUTHEAST NEB SHOULD BE ABLE TO DESTABILIZE A GOOD PART OF THE DAY AHEAD OF THE SHOWERS. AS 850MB FRONT SAGS INTO SOUTHEAST NEB THIS AFTERNOON...WOULD EXPECT MORE OF A THUNDERSTORM MODE AS STORMS DEVELOP IN A MORE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. BULK SHEAR ENVIRONMENT WOULD SUPPORT MORE ORGANIZED STORMS DOWN THERE...BUT STORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS CONDITIONAL ON WHETHER THE SOUTHERN CWA REMAINS CLEAR LONG ENOUGH TO DESTABILIZE. IF IT DOES...COULD SEE A FEW STORMS REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN SOUTHEAST NEB...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTH AND OUT OF THE AREA BY MID-EVENING. UPPER-LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY TONIGHT/FRIDAY AS INTENSE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN IN THE SOUTHWEST US. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES BUT LARGELY DRY WEATHER. MODELS DO INDICATE A SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND THE EASTERN US TROUGH ON SATURDAY THAT WOULD BRING SHOWERS INTO IOWA...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE CWA WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE PRECIP. THOUGH THE TIMING VARIES AMONG MODEL RUNS AND SOLUTIONS...LONG-RANGE MODELS ARE BECOMING MORE CONSISTENT IN INDICATING THAT THE EASTERN US UPPER- LEVEL TROUGH WILL RETROGRADE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND DEEPEN...POSSIBLY EVEN CUTTING OFF. DRY NORTHEASTERLY FLOW DOES NOT FAVOR MUCH PRECIPITATION...AND HAVE HELD PRECIP OUT OF THE FORECAST AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY. BEYOND THAT... MODEL BLENDS ARE FORCING MUCH HIGHER CHANCES THAN I WOULD CHOOSE TO INCLUDE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AND POSSIBLITY FOR A DRY FETCH OF AIR...BUT LEFT THE CHANCES IN FOR COLLABORATION PURPOSES. DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WOULD BE A WASHOUT...DESPITE PROLONGED PERIOD OF PRECIP CHANCES...BUT COULD SEE PERIODS OF SHOWERS IF THE UPPER LOW DOES INDEED DEEPEN AND RETROGRADE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. EITHER WAY...PATTERN WILL REMAIN COOLER THAN AVERAGE THROUGH NEXT WORK WEEK AND ENTERING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MAYES && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 401 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-272315- 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- 401 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 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 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT AFTERNOON STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN RISKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MAYES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
415 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
NEZ011-016-017-270945-
ANTELOPE NE-PIERCE NE-KNOX NE-
415 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ANTELOPE...
NORTHWESTERN PIERCE AND SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...
AT 409 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF VERDIGRE...OR 22 MILES EAST OF
ONEILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLAINVIEW...CREIGHTON...VERDIGRE...BRUNSWICK...WINNETOON AND BAZILE
MILLS.
LAT...LON 4268 9827 4251 9757 4217 9783 4247 9830
4262 9831
TIME...MOT...LOC 0909Z 294DEG 31KT 4257 9822
MILLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
447 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
NEZ011-016-017-271015-
ANTELOPE NE-PIERCE NE-KNOX NE-
447 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ANTELOPE...NORTHWESTERN
PIERCE AND SOUTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT...
AT 442 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF ORCHARD...OR 22 MILES EAST OF
ONEILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLAINVIEW...CREIGHTON...BRUNSWICK AND WINNETOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4260 9824 4243 9765 4219 9782 4242 9830
4251 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0942Z 297DEG 36KT 4249 9821
MILLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
636 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
NEZ065-078-271200-
SEWARD NE-SALINE NE-
636 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SEWARD AND NORTHEASTERN SALINE
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...
AT 633 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UTICA...OR 15 MILES EAST OF YORK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEWARD...CRETE...MILFORD...UTICA...DORCHESTER...BEAVER CROSSING...
PLEASANT DALE...GOEHNER AND TAMORA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4080 9737 4094 9737 4101 9729 4085 9691
4063 9691 4055 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1133Z 311DEG 32KT 4089 9730
MILLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 647 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 NEZ050-051-065-066-271215- BUTLER NE-SEWARD NE-SAUNDERS NE-LANCASTER NE- 647 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BUTLER...NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...SOUTHWESTERN SAUNDERS AND NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT... AT 643 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DAVID CITY...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DAVID CITY...VALPARAISO...BRAINARD...DWIGHT...GARLAND...BEE... MALCOLM...RAYMOND AND GARRISON. LAT...LON 4116 9728 4129 9712 4104 9665 4084 9688 TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 311DEG 32KT 4118 9713 MILLER
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:01 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph damaged pivots and downed trees east of Dorchester. Time was estimated from radar.
Several trees and power lines were downed and a grain bin toppled and pushed into a surrounding field by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph.
Several large trees were uprooted and other tree and house damage was noted in the Adams area by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph.
Large hail was reported in the Sterling area by a spotter. The hail was probably at least golf ball-size, but some reports in the area stated a few stones could have reached softball-size.
Trees and power lines came down, some fell onto vehicles.
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2013
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: 466049, 449325, 449326, 452890, 449327, 449329, 449322, 449323.