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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 7:55 PM CDT for Douglas County, Washington County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, NE, Washington County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 2003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 17.4
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, Jul 1, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-020020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 618 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.. AT 616 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA...OR NEAR SPRAGUE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CASS COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HARRISON...EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 615 PM CDT. A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-020020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 618 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.. AT 616 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA...OR NEAR SPRAGUE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CASS COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HARRISON...EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 615 PM CDT. A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOLUR AREA...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-020020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 618 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.. AT 616 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA...OR NEAR SPRAGUE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST OTOE COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HARRISON...EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 615 PM CDT. A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FORR YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour before
NEZ034-044-045-051>053-067-068-091-093-IAZ055-056-069-079-080- 090-091-020130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 655 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS BURT COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.. AT 655 PM CDT... RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER BURT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BURT COUNTY INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA...BY 730 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN THE NORFOLK AREA...WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THIS SAME AREA LATER THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED...AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ZAPOTOCNY
Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:45 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Saunders | 69 min |
| Jul 1, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Lancaster | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline, Seward | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pawnee | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 50 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.