Thunderstorms developed early in the morning on the 29th of March over central and southern Nebraska associated with a low-level jet and moisture returning to the central Plains. These thunderstorms, largely non-severe, moved northeast across northeast Nebraska during the morning on the 29th.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed early in the morning on the 29th of March over central and southern Nebraska associated with a low-level jet and moisture returning to the central Plains. These thunderstorms, largely non-severe, moved northeast across northeast Nebraska during the morning on the 29th. One thunderstorms near Albion became briefly severe producing large hail.
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 Mar 29, 5:41 AM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 641 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 315 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016 TEMPERATURES AND PRECIP TIMING AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE MAIN CONCERNS DURING THE PERIOD. SOME LIGHT SHOWERS WERE SHOWING UP ON RADAR EARLY THIS MORNING MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH WARM ADVECTION. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL EXTEND THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA WITH ACTIVITY MOVING NORTH OF THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY OVER EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WITH SURFACE GRADIENT INCREASING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS A RESULT SOUTH WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP DURING THE DAY BECOMING RATHER STRONG BY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG BAROCLINIC ZONE DEVELOPS TONIGHT FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH A TRAILING SURFACE TROUGH/COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN KANSAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE TWO BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FOR TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. COLDER AIR FOLLOWS BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED. THE CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS A SECOND TROUGH DROPS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE TODAY AND WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THEN TURN COLDER FOR THURSDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 315 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016 PERIOD STARTS OFF COLD WITH THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE AREA THEN WARMS BY THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS FLOW BECOMES LESS AMPLIFIED. MODELS DO BRING ANOTHER TROUGH INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST ON MONDAY BUT KEEP PRECIP AND COLDER AIR TO OUR NORTH AND EAST. HOPE THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE IN LATER RUNS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 623 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016 FORCING FOR ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORT-WAVE TROUGH COUPLED WITH ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ARCING BAND OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS OVER CNTRL NEB THIS MORNING WITH THIS ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEWD THIS MORNING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR KOFK INDICATE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MUCAPE...SO ONLY HAVE A MENTION OF -SHRA IN A TEMPO GROUP THROUGH MID MORNING. OTHERWISE...EXPECT GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO DEVELOP OWING TO A DEEPENING LEE CYCLONE OVER ERN CO. HAVE A MENTION OF LLWS AT ALL LOCATIONS UNTIL MID MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT. OTHERWISE... INCREASING MOISTURE TRANSPORT WITHIN THIS SLY FLOW REGIME SHOULD ALLOW CIGS TO GRADUALLY LOWER THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH PREVAILING MVFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY AT ALL THREE TAF SITES. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 410 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-292315- 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- 410 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016 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 AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. SOME SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. FOBERT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1101 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016
NEZ030-291630-
BOONE NE-
1101 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY UNTIL
1130 AM CDT...
AT 1101 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES WEST OF BELGRADE...OR 40 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR RAPIDS AND THE HIGHWAY 14 AND 56 JUNCTION.
LAT...LON 4173 9804 4172 9789 4165 9784 4151 9798
4151 9804 4150 9804 4150 9810 4148 9810
4148 9826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 219DEG 40KT 4149 9815
DEWALDThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:47 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The ground was completely covered by mainly small hail. Snow plows had to be used to clear the highway.
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