Afternoon thunderstorms developed near a cold front extending across southeast Nebraska in a moderately unstable environment. The storms were fairly short-lived, but did produce some isolated wind damage in Pawnee City, NE.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Afternoon thunderstorms developed near a cold front extending across southeast Nebraska in a moderately unstable environment. The storms were fairly short-lived, but did produce some isolated wind damage in Pawnee City, NE.
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 Jul 6, 11:25 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1225 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1225 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. SOME STRONG STORMS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT YET THIS AFTERNOON. WILL DO ANOTHER UPDATE OF ALL PRODUCTS AND GRIDS BEFORE 1 PM. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 HIRES MODELS ARE HIGHLIGHTING PORTIONS OF THE SRN CWA WHERE INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL COME TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REGIONAL RADAR CURRENTLY SHOWING LINE OF ACTIVITY STRETCHING FROM THE WRN GREAT LAKES TO SWRN NEB ALONG AN INTENSE COLD FRONT TRACKING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. EXPECT THE SFC BNDRY TO PUSH INTO THE CWA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS WITH GFSLAMP METEOGRAMS DEPICTING THE FRONT MOVING INTO THE OMAHA METRO SHORTLY BEFORE NOON. THIS AFTN AND EVENING...WARM/MOIST DEEP LYR AIR MASS COINCIDENT TO MAX OMEGA WILL FOUND MAINLY SOUTH OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR WHERE PCPN EFFICIENCY WILL BE QUITE FAVORABLE TO INDUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE WIDESPREAD IN NATURE AS PWS VALUES INCREASE TO 2.5" OR MORE AND CORFIDI VECTORS DECREASE TO LESS THAN 10KT. LATEST FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE THOUGH SUGGEST THAT HEADLINES ARE PROBABLY NOT NEEDED. COOL...STABLE AIR MASS QUICKLY FILTERS IN THEN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THAN THE CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THRU AT LEAST WED NIGHT...THUS WILL OPT FOR DRY FCST. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 BOTH ECM AND GFS DEPICT A GRADUAL LARGE SCALE TRANSITION TO A HIGH PRESSURE DOME ENVELOPING THE CONUS WHICH WILL ALLOW MAX TEMPS TO REBOUND INTO NEAR NORMAL TERRITORY. PCPN CHANCES THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT REVOLVING AROUND A STALLED SFC BNDRY ALONG THE NEB/KS BORDER LIFTING ACROSS THE CWA BEFORE REACHING THE UPPER MIDWEST FRIDAY AFTN. WITH AFOREMENTIONED HIGH PRESSURE DOME BUILDING IN...FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO REMOVE POPS AND GO DRY NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...(18Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.) ISSUED AT 1225 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 MVFR CEILINGS EXPECTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS AT KOFK...THEN VFR. WINDS ARE SHIFTING AT KOMA AND KLNK CURRENTLY AND MAIN TSRA ACTIVITY WILL PROBABLY BE FARTHER SOUTH...ESPECIALLY AFTER 20Z. EXPECT AT LEAST TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS FOR KLNK AND KOMA THEN BECOMING VFR EARLY EVENING. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && UPDATE...MILLER SHORT TERM...DEE LONG TERM...DEE AVIATION...MILLER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1130 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-070630- 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- 1130 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD GENERALLY BE ENDING OVER THE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING AS STABLE AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS BORDERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG A WARM FRONT LIFTING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME SMALL STORM CHANCES OFF AND ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. MILLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 1136 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 NEZ088-089-061715- JEFFERSON NE-GAGE NE- 1136 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN GAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT... AT 1135 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIRBURY...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEATRICE...FAIRBURY...WYMORE...PLYMOUTH...BLUE SPRINGS...ODELL... DILLER...ENDICOTT...JANSEN...REYNOLDS...STEELE CITY...HARBINE...CAMP JEFFERSON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS CAMPGROUND...CUB CREEK RECREATIONAL AREA...ROCK CREEK STATION STATE HISTORICAL PARK...ALEXANDRIA STATE RECREATION AREA AND BUCKLEY CREEK RECREATIONAL AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 136 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 178. HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 1 AND 26. LAT...LON 4000 9737 4029 9737 4036 9670 4000 9659 TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 248DEG 32KT 4016 9725 MILLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 1215 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 NEZ088-089-061800- JEFFERSON NE-GAGE NE- 1215 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN GAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 1215 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DILLER...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEATRICE...WYMORE...BLUE SPRINGS...ODELL...DILLER...FILLEY... BARNESTON...VIRGINIA AND ROCKFORD STATE RECREATION AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 136 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 166 AND 191. HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 1 AND 26. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4033 9696 4034 9649 4000 9650 4000 9696 TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 266DEG 26KT 4016 9691 MILLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 1254 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 NEZ089-092-061845- GAGE NE-PAWNEE NE- 1254 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT... AT 1253 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLUE SPRINGS...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEATRICE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF MAINLY STREETS AND PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WYMORE...PAWNEE CITY...BLUE SPRINGS...TABLE ROCK...SUMMERFIELD...DU BOIS...BARNESTON...BURCHARD...LIBERTY...STEINAUER...LEWISTON... VIRGINIA AND ROCKFORD STATE RECREATION AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4026 9665 4025 9602 4000 9602 4000 9665 TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 271DEG 25KT 4011 9655 MILLER
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several 6-8 diameter tree limbs were down around town. Very heavy rain accompanied the storm as well.
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