Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible today and tonight ahead of and along a cold front crossing portions of Kentucky, middle Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and New Mexico. Tropical Storm Jerry, the tenth named storm of the 2025 season, has formed over the central tropical Atlantic. Jerry is expected to be near or north of the northern Leeward Islands on Thursday and Friday. Read More >
Overview
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During the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th, scattered severe thunderstorms formed over the mid Missouri Valley, along and ahead of a cold front moving into the region. The approach of an upper-air disturbance from the northwest in conjunction with a moderately unstable air mass yielded a favorable environment for supercells and other organized storm structures which produced a considerable amount of large hail. One supercell produced a 14.4-mile long tornado in addition to hail up to baseball size while tracking across northern Cedar County in far northeast Nebraska. Later in the evening, another supercell moved across the Omaha metro area, also producing hail up to baseball size. |
 KOAX Radar Animation for the event |
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| KFSD Radar Animation | Taken near Fordyce, Nebraska (source:@ginschieffer) | Benson area (Source: Heartland REACT) |
Tornadoes:
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Tornado - 4NW Fordyce to 4SSE Wynot
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The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
| EF0 Weak 65-85 mph |
EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph |
EF2 Significant 111-135 mph |
EF3 Severe 136-165 mph |
EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph |
EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph |
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Hail
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| Omaha (Source: Ryan Behringer) | Omaha - 58th and Blondo (Source: Joe Ryberg) | Omaha - 76th and Cass (Source: Erica Williamson) | Omaha - 72nd and Papillion (Source: Kyle Baumgartner) |
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| Papillion (Source: Evan Kuchera) |
GOES-16 Visible Satellite
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| GOES-16 visible satellite loop from 3 PM to just before 9 PM. These data are considered preliminary and non-operational. |
Tornado and Hail Reports for June 29th
Tornado Reports
| Location | Type | Time | Source | Comments |
| 3 W Wynot | Tornado | 601 pm | Public | |
| 1 NNE Mapleton | Funnel Cloud | 610 pm | Trained Spotter | |
| 2 NW Obert | Tornado | 613 pm | Trained Spotter | Brief Touchdown |
Hail reports
| Location | Size | Source | Comments |
| Benson area | 3.75 | Social Media | |
| 1 NE Omaha | 3.00 | Trained Spotter | |
| 5 NW Helena | 2.75 | Law Enforcement | |
| 3 S Helena | 2.75 | Public | |
| 3 W Papillion | 2.00 | Trained Spotter | |
| 2 SE Papillion | 2.00 | Trained Spotter | |
| 3 WSW Bellevue | 2.00 | Trained Spotter | |
| 2 NW Little Sioux | 2.00 | Cooperative Observer | Wind speed 55 to 60 mph |
| 2 E Omaha | 2.00 | Trained Spotter | 35th and Charles |
| 1 ENE Chalco | 1.75 | Trained Spotter | 160th and Harrison |
| 2 NE Omaha | 1.75 | Broadcast Media | |
| 4 NW Omaha | 1.75 | Trained Spotter | 114th and Fort Street |
| 2 WNW Millard | 1.75 | Trained Spotter | 174th and F |
| 2 SSE Craig | 1.75 | Trained Spotter | |
| 2 W Millard | 1.75 | Public | |
| 3 SSW Papillion | 1.75 | Trained Spotter | |
| 2 SW Papillion | 1.75 | Trained Spotter | |
| Council Bluffs | 1.50 | Broadcast Media | |
| Millard | 1.50 | NWS Employee | |
| Howells | 1.50 | Trained Spotter | |
| Papillion | 1.50 | Public | 96th and Highway 370 |
Environment
Synoptic Overview at 12z (courtesy of SPC)
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| Figure 1: 250-mb analysis | Figure 2: 300-mb analysis | Figure 3: 500-mb analysis |
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| Figure 4: 700-mb analysis | Figure 5: 850-mb analysis | Figure 6: 925-mb analysis |
Synoptic Overview at 00z (courtesy of SPC)
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| Figure 7: 250-mb analysis | Figure 8: 300-mb analysis | Figure 9: 500-mb analysis |
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| Figure 10: 700-mb analysis | Figure 11: 850-mb analysis | Figure 12: 925-mb analysis |
Surface Maps 15z-06z (courtesy of WPC)
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| Figure 13: 12z surface map | Figure 14: 15z surface map | Figure 15: 18z surface map |
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| Figure 16: 21z surface map | Figure 17: 00z surface map | Figure 18: 03z surface map |
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| Figure 19: 12z Omaha, NE sounding | Figure 20: 18z Omaha, NE sounding | Figure 21: 00z Omaha, NE sounding |
Mesoscale Environment at 00z (courtesy of SPC)
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| Figure 22: 500-mb heights and vorticity | Figure 23: surface frontogenesis | Figure 24: lowest 100-mb mean-mixed CAPE |
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| Figure 25: effective bulk shear | Figure 26: effective storm-relative helicity | Figure 27: supercell composite parameter |
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