Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 2, 2015

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
358 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 354 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY...THEN OFF AND
ON STORM CHANCES THROUGH TUESDAY...ARE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POPPED UP EARLY THIS MORNING JUST AHEAD OF
MID LEVEL WAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA AS PER WATER VAPOR AND RAP ANALYSIS. THIS WAVE WILL
TRACK EAST OF OUR CWA EARLY IN THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...WITH SUBSIDENCE
BEHIND WAVE KEEPING MUCH OF THE REST OF THE MORNING DRY.

ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT
LAKES IS FORECAST TO SWEEP SOUTHEAST LATER TODAY...WITH SURFACE
REFLECTION IN THE FORM OF A FRONT/WIND SHIFT SETTLING INTO NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE DEW POINTS NEAR OR ABOVE 70F AHEAD
OF THIS BOUNDARY ARE EXPECTED TO POOL IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
WESTERN IOWA DURING PEAK HEATING. CONVERGENCE ALONG BOUNDARY SHOULD
BE ENOUGH TO GET AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FIRING IN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE CHARACTERIZED BY MUCAPES OVER 2500 J/KG. MEANWHILE
MODERATE MID LEVEL FLOW WILL HELP GENERATE NEAR 40KT OF BULK SHEAR
WITH VECTORS NORMAL TO SURFACE CONVERGENCE...SUGGESTING DISCRETE AND
ROTATING STORMS ARE LIKELY...SUPPORTING HAIL AND WIND POTENTIAL.
ONLY MARGINAL RISK IN SPC OUTLOOK...AND CAN NOT ARGUE GIVEN
EXPECTED SCANT COVERAGE. INITIATION LOOKS TO BE FARTHER NORTH THAN
PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS WITH LATER ARRIVAL OF FRONT...MOSTLY LIKELY
FIRING NEAR OR SOUTH OF A WAYNE TO ALBION LINE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM.
EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS TO PROGRESS SOUTH THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY
BEFORE EXITING SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST AROUND MIDNIGHT
WHEN LAST OF 850 MOISTURE PLUME FINALLY DROPS SOUTH.

AHEAD OF FRONT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WELL INTO THE 90S
ESPECIALLY IF CLOUD COVER FROM MORNING CONVECTION DISSIPATES AS
EXPECTED. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME HEAT INDICES TOPPING 100 FOR A COUPLE
OF HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.

SHOULD SEE A DRY PERIOD AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT LOWERING
PRESSURES IN THE HIGH PLAINS WILL DRAW 850 MOISTURE BACK NORTH
RATHER QUICKLY BY LATER MONDAY MORNING AS NORTHWEST MID LEVEL FLOW
CONTINUES. WILL KEEP OUR SMALL POPS FOR OUR WESTERN CWA DURING THAT
TIME PERIOD...WITH CHANCES/COVERAGE GRADUALLY INCREASING MONDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY AS MAGNITUDE OF
MOISTURE RETURN INCREASES. WILL MAINTAIN 30 TO 50 PERCENT STORM
CHANCES DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE MINIMAL THEN
AS INSTABILITY REMAINS WEAK DUE TO MUCH COOLER SURFACE
TEMPERATURES.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 354 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN/STORM CHANCES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK. MID LEVEL RIDGE IS
FORECAST TO REMAIN FROM TEXAS WEST TO THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES AT
LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY...KEEPING STORM TRACK ROLLING FROM THE
CENTRAL/NORTHERN ROCKIES ACROSS THE PLAINS. SEVERAL SHORTWAVES COULD
TRIGGER CONVECTION AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME...WITH MORE POTENT WAVES
MOVING THROUGH OUR AREA WEDNESDAY DURING THE DAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT AS PER ECMWF/GFS. WE SHOULD REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE OF
SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM...SO INSTABILITY PROGS SUGGEST SEVERE
CHANCE WILL BE MINIMAL OVERALL WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE
70S AND 80S MUCH OF THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(06Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 1152 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015

NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS THINKING. ISOLATED TSTMS POSSIBLE
THE NEXT 24 HOURS BUT CHANCES TOO LOW TO MENTION IN TAFS AT THIS
TIME. LOOK FOR VFR CONDITIONS WITH ANY CEILINGS EXPECTED TO BE
ABOVE 8000 FEET. BEST CHANCE OF TSRA WOULD BE WITH WIND SHIFT
SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...DERGAN
LONG TERM...DERGAN
AVIATION...MILLER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
430 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-021130-
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-
430 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...BUT
ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL
CHANCE OF STORMS SUNDAY...MOSTLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. A FEW STRONG STORMS
ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOST OF NEXT WEEK FROM MONDAY
ONWARD...AS SEVERAL WEATHER IMPULSES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. LATER
OUTLOOKS WILL ADDRESS THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IN THOSE
PERIODS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
239 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

NEZ033-034-043>045-020830-
DODGE NE-COLFAX NE-WASHINGTON NE-BURT NE-CUMING NE-
239 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DODGE...NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN CUMING...NORTHEASTERN COLFAX AND SOUTH
CENTRAL BURT COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

AT 238 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DODGE...OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCRIBNER...HOOPER...DODGE...HOWELLS...NICKERSON...SNYDER...WINSLOW...
7 MILES NORTH OF NORTH BEND AND DEAD TIMBER STATE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 140.
 HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 120 AND 132.

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 4177 9699 4171 9632 4161 9629 4147 9638
      4159 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 278DEG 37KT 4167 9690

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
339 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

IAZ055-NEZ034-045-020930-
HARRISON IA-WASHINGTON NE-BURT NE-
339 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON...NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 339 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF TEKAMAH...OR 29 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MISSOURI VALLEY...LOGAN...MONDAMIN...MODALE...HERMAN...MAGNOLIA AND
HISTORICAL VILLAGE WELCOME CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 126.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 89.

LAT...LON 4162 9625 4172 9624 4173 9574 4164 9571
      4152 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 275DEG 29KT 4168 9617

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