Thunderstorms developed along an advancing cold front during the late afternoon on the 27th, and moved into northeast Nebraska during the early morning on the 28th. Widespread severe weather was not observed, but an isolated area of damaging winds did occur near Battle Creek.
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Thunderstorms developed along an advancing cold front during the late afternoon on the 27th, and moved into northeast Nebraska during the early morning on the 28th. Widespread severe weather was not observed, but an isolated area of damaging winds did occur near Battle Creek.
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 Sep 27, 7:44 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 844 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013 .AVIATION... 00Z TAFS FOR KOMA...KLNK...AND KOFK. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH 06Z. STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT 23Z EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO NORTHWEST KANSAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD. SHOWERS AND IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MVFR CEILINGS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 06Z AT KOFK. SHOWERS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN FORECAST TO SHIFT EASTWARD AFTER 09Z AT KLNK AND KOMA. SMITH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013/ DISCUSSION... EARLY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ROTATING THROUGH EASTERN UT INTO WRN CO. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER FOR THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO EJECT NORTHEAST TONIGHT INTO THE DAKOTAS. THE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO /996 MB PER 20Z ANALYSIS/ WILL ALSO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE COLD FRONT THAT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR KFSD TO KODX TO KMCK. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BE ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND FAVORABLE LARGE-SCALE SUPPORT FOR ASCENT. WITH TIME THIS EVENING WE SHOULD SEE A WELL- DEFINED NORTH TO SOUTH BAND OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FORM OVER WRN NEB/KS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FORCING AND THIS WILL MOV EAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING SOUTHWEST IOWA TOWARD DAWN. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BAND IS VERY LOW WITH SUBSTANDARD MOISTURE QUALITY AND GENERALLY WEAK MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. THERE IS A 50-60 KT LOW LEVEL JET THAT DEVELOPS THIS EVENING OVER ERN KS/NEB THOUGH...AND SO SOME GUSTY WINDS DO APPEAR POSSIBLE WITH ANY EMBEDDED TSRA OVER THE SRN CWA...BUT ANY GUSTS SHOULD BE BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. OTHERWISE WE SHOULD SEE A DECENT RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WITH MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN. THE BAND OF RAIN WILL CONT TO SHIFT EAST OUT OF THE FA ON SAT MORNING WITH SKIES QUICKLY CLEARING AND NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SENSIBLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED BEHIND THIS SYSTEM FOR THE PERIOD SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW AGAIN BECOMES SOUTHWEST AND TEMPERATURES REBOUND TO ABOVE NORMAL. THE GLOBAL MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN DROPPING A WEAK FRONT INTO THE AREA ON TUE. THE MODELS THEN DIVERGE IN REGARDS TO THE FUTURE MOVEMENT OF THIS FRONT WITH THE EC/GEM SHOWING THE FRONT RETREATING NORTHWARD INTO THE DAKOTAS WHILE THE GFS HAS IT NEARLY STATIONARY OVER IA/NEB. THE RESULT IS THE GFS PRODUCES LIGHT QPF FOR TUE NIGHT AND WED WHILE THE EC/GEM IS DRY. ALTHOUGH THE GFS CANNOT BE COMPLETELY DISCOUNTED...WE FELT LIKE THE EC/GEM WAS MORE LIKELY GIVEN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THE MODELS THEN ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN THE FRONT MOVING BACK SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA WITH A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ON WED NIGHT AND THU WITH MUCH COOLER WEATHER TO END THE PERIOD NEXT FRIDAY. BOUSTEAD && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 359 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-281100- 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- 359 PM CDT FRI SEP 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...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AFTER MIDNIGHT...MOVING INTO WESTERN IOWA TOWARD DAWN. SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1203 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013
NEZ016-030-031-042-280530-
BOONE NE-ANTELOPE NE-MADISON NE-PLATTE NE-
1203 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BOONE...SOUTHERN
ANTELOPE...MADISON AND NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...
AT 1158 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELGIN TO
ALBION TO BELGRADE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 38 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ONEILL TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK TO 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON...BATTLE CREEK...NEWMAN GROVE...ST. EDWARD...ELGIN...
OAKDALE...MEADOW GROVE...LINDSAY...TILDEN...HUMPHREY...TARNOV AND
CORNLEA.
LAT...LON 4209 9763 4185 9740 4155 9744 4152 9781
4153 9788 4152 9789 4150 9810 4170 9798
4209 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 253DEG 58KT 4204 9816 4171 9796 4140 9808
DEWALDThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that 12 healthy trees were blown down on their property. There was also a boat flipped over, as well as shingles removed from the house.
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