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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1987, 8:07 PM CDT for Otoe County, Nebraska; Fremont County, Iowa. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1987, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1987, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fremont County, IA, Otoe County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Otoe, NE |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 640 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 TORDNDO WATCH NUMBER 256 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EAST NEBRASKA.... < ZONE 3...NORTH CENTRAL BORDER BOYD...BROWN...HOLT...KEYA PAHA...ROCK. < ZONE 4...NORTHEAST BORDER ANTELOPE...CEDAR...KNOX...PIERCE...WAYNE. < ZONE 7...CENTRAL BLAINE...LOUP...CUSTER. < ZONE 8...NORTHEAST CENTRAL GARFIELD...GREELEY...VALLEY...WHEELER. < ZONE 9...NORTHEAST BOONE...MADISON...PLATTE...STANTON. < ZONE 13...SOUTHWEST CENTRAL DAWSON. < ZONE 14...SOUTH CENTRAL BUFFALO...HALL...HOWARD...MERRICK...NANCE...SHERMAN. < ZONE 17...SOUTHWEST BORDER FRONTIER...FURNAS...GOSPER...HARLAN...PHELPS...RED WILLOW. < ZONE 18...SOUTH CENTRAL BORDER ADAMS...FRANKLIN...KEARNEY... < THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED THROUGH THIS AREA AND THE RISK OF SEVER WEATHER HAS ENDED. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 650 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE OMAHA COUNCIL BLUFFS AREA SOUTH ABOUT 15 MILES TO WEST OF BELLEVUE NEBRASKA. REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA. PEOPLE IN DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTY OF EAST NEBRASKA AND POTTAWATTAMIE AND MILLS COUNTY OF WEST IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE CONDITIONS THROUGH 750 PM CDT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA. PEOPLE SHOULD FEEP WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:23 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 720 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 720 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA... STRONGEST STORMS POSSIBLE OF CONTAINING 40 TO 50 MPH AND HAIL WERE LOCATED AROUND MISSOURI VALLEY IOWA ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA.. NEAR ASHLAND NEBRASKA ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA AND JUST WEST OF OMAHA. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258 C!ONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA. PEOPLE SHOULD FEEP WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:35 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster, Saline | 22 min |
| Jun 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1987Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.