A lone supercell moved out of central Nebraska and across southeast Nebraska. The storm was largely non-severe, but a couple of isolated reports of severe weather did occur with this storm.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
A lone supercell moved out of central Nebraska and across southeast Nebraska. The storm was largely non-severe, but a couple of isolated reports of severe weather did occur with this storm. The thunderstorm activity was developing ahead of a cold front sweeping through the region.
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 Oct 1, 1:45 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 245 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 245 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 MAIN FOCUS IN THE FORECAST WILL DEAL WITH TIMING OF SEVERAL RAIN EVENTS THROUGH THURSDAY THEN TEMPERATURES AS COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. CONVECTION FROM LAST EVENING INTO EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN PRIMARILY FOCUSED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM PERSISTENT TRAINING OF CELLS IN THAT AREA HAD RESULTED IN ISSUANCE OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ON THE EVENING SHIFT. RECENT TREND ON RADAR HAS BEEN TOWARD DIMINISHING AREA OF MORE INTENSE CELLS IN THE LINCOLN AREA WITH A GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO THE NORTHEAST. SHORT RANGE MODELS SHOW THIS PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH 12Z WITH AXIS OF HEAVIER RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL IOWA AS UPPER WAVE MOVES INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. MOST OF THE CONVECTION IS THEN EAST OF THE AREA BY 18Z. PLAN TO CANCEL FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRIOR TO ZONE PACKAGE ISSUANCE. SURFACE FRONT INDICATED TO LINGER OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA HOWEVER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION DURING THAT TIME. SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK SHOWS SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA IN SLIGHT RISK BUT OTHER THAN THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY LIMITED FORCING INDICATED UNTIL TONIGHT. FOR NOW HAVE KEPT POPS ON THE LOW SIDE FOR THE PERIOD 18Z-06Z THEN BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER 06Z AS THE NEXT STRONG WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. POPS THEN REMAIN ON THE HIGH SIDE INTO THURSDAY AS COLD FRONT WORKS ACROSS THE AREA SUPPORTED BY DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE WEATHER WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY EVENING WITH SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MID MISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND PULL SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION FOR A TASTE OF FALL-LIKE WEATHER. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE CLOUDS AND PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL STAY EAST OF THE AREA WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY IMPACT FOR THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 245 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 COLDER AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA INTO SATURDAY BEFORE WARMER TEMPERATURES RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. SOME FROST POTENTIAL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE A DRY PERIOD IS EXPECTED WITH WARM DAYS AND COOL NIGHTS TYPICAL FOR EARLY OCTOBER. && .AVIATION...(06Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.) ISSUED AT 1213 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 IFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT KOFK...BUT BACK TO VFR BY 17Z. TSRA WILL AFFECT KOMA/KLNK THROUGH ABOUT 09Z...THEN SHOWERS AT KOMA TIL ABOUT 14-15Z. THEN MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT KLNK/KOMA...BACK TO VFR BY 17Z...AND COULD SEE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AT KLNK/KOMA BY 22Z-02Z. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...FOBERT LONG TERM...FOBERT AVIATION...DEWALD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 511 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ050-051-053-065>068-078-088>093-020015- MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SARPY-SEWARD- LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE- RICHARDSON- 511 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST INTO CENTRAL IOWA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. A STALLED SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO TONIGHT WITH DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. IF STORMS DO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING A FEW MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARD. FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG SEVERAL SMALLER STREAMS IN SALINE AND LANCASTER COUNTIES INCLUDING...BIG BLUE AT CRETE...SALT CREEK FROM AROUND LINCOLN THROUGH GREENWOOD AND ASHLAND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT AND THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-052-020015- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE- PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX- DODGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS- 511 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING THEN MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE MORNING. A STALLED SURFACE BOUNDARY HOWEVER WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO TONIGHT WITH DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT AND THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. FOBERT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1210 AM CDT WED OCT 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 AM HEAVY RAIN WAVERLY 40.91N 96.53W
10/01/2014 M2.50 INCH LANCASTER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
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DFOBERTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1219 AM CDT WED OCT 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 AM HEAVY RAIN LINCOLN 40.82N 96.69W
10/01/2014 M3.90 INCH LANCASTER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
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DFOBERTThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:41 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer reported that wind driven hail of unknown size caused extensive crop damage in the area. The corn had been blown over and there was also tree damage in the area as well.
Barn was reported blown down, as well as several trees including at least one 2 feet in diameter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, October 2014
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: 544557, 544555.