A small cluster of thunderstorms moved across southeast Nebraska during the early morning hours of May 22nd. One storm produced wind gusts over 60 mph as it raced across the southeast corner of the state.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
A small cluster of thunderstorms moved across southeast Nebraska during the early morning hours of May 22nd. One storm produced wind gusts over 60 mph as it raced across the southeast corner of the state. The storms formed north of a stalled front aided by a weak upper disturbance.
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 May 22, 2:51 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 351 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014 RADAR MOSAIC THIS MORNING SHOWING AND AREA OF CONVECTION MOVING EWD ALONG INSTABILITY AXIS PARALLEL TO THE NEB/KS BORDER. FORCING BEING FURTHER ENHANCED BY STRONG DIFFERENTIAL DIVG/MID LYR UPGLIDE. HRRR HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ACTIVITY WILL HOLD TOGETHER AND PUSH ACROSS THE SRN CWA LATER THIS MORNING. GOING FCST APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK WITH PCPN CHANCES THRU THE WEEKEND. PCPN ACTIVITY STILL REVOLVING AROUND INCREASING OMEGA AHEAD OF A CUTOFF LOW OVER THE SWRN CONUS. AMPLE ENVIRONMENTAL MOISTURE WILL BE ON TAP...PWS 1.5"/KI 35-40...TO PHASE WITH MID LYR FRONTOGENETIC FORCING/BNDRY LYR THETA-E CONVG. OVERALL SYNOPTIC LIFT STILL PROGGED TO BE MOST PREVALENT JUST WEST OF THE CWA. GIVEN ALL THIS...POTENTIAL IS HIGH FOR GENEROUS RAINFALL THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE WRN/SRN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. OTHERWISE...SVR WX THREAT OVER THE CWA STILL APPEARS TO BE MINIMAL AT BEST. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 350 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014 PCPN CHANCES CONTINUE INTO THE EXTENDED PDS IN RELATION TO SLOW MOVING CUT OFF LOW MIGRATING ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS. AMPLE ENVIRONMENTAL MOISTURE WILL STILL BE ON TAP TO PHASE WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT IS MAINTAINED AS THE UPPER MOVES THRU. FOR NOW...HAVE POPS INCREASING FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER LVL CIRCULATION MOVES EAST. PCPN EVENT SHOULD BE COMING TO AN END THEN BY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A WARMING TREND THEREAFTER. && .AVIATION...(06Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.) ISSUED AT 1131 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2014 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...HOWEVER A SHORTWAVE TROF OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL TRACK INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA BY 12Z. THERE IS A DECENT AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY WITH THE WEATHER SYSTEM. THE SURFACE BOUNDARY IS STILL IN KANSAS...SO THE MOISTURE THAT AFFECTS THE THE TAF SITES WILL BE MORE THE MID LEVEL VARIETY. INCREASED THE MID CLOUDS AND COULD SEE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TOWARD KLNK AFTER 09-11Z AND KOMA AFTER 11-12Z. FOR NOW...INCLUDED SHOWERS...HOWEVER WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW COVERAGE MAINTAINS ITSELF AND MAY NEED TO ADD THUNDER FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. CONDITIONS LOOK TO IMPROVE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DEE LONG TERM...DEE AVIATION...ZAPOTOCNY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 406 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-222315- 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- 406 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014 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 THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. SEVERE STORMS THOUGH ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 426 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014 NEZ068-089>092-221000- GAGE NE-JOHNSON NE-PAWNEE NE-OTOE NE-NEMAHA NE- 426 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JOHNSON...EAST CENTRAL GAGE... WEST CENTRAL NEMAHA...SOUTHWESTERN OTOE AND NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT... AT 426 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING...OR 16 MILES EAST OF BEATRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TECUMSEH...STERLING...COOK...DOUGLAS...LEWISTON...BURR AND CRAB ORCHARD. 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 4019 9638 4032 9653 4068 9635 4051 9600 TIME...MOT...LOC 0926Z 210DEG 21KT 4030 9644 KERN
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Asos at the Fall City airport recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 62 mph.
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