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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Omaha, NE

April 8, 1995Cass County, Otoe County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1995, 11:05 PM CDT for Cass County, Otoe County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1995, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, NE, Otoe County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KOMA 090406 RRA
SVROMA
NEC025-131-090430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
1105 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...CASS COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
 
   ...EASTERN OTOE COUNTY
 
AT 11 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NEBRASKA CITY IN EASTERN OTOE
COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
EASTERN CASS COUNTY. THESE STORM WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...BUT HAVE
ALSO BEEN REDEVELOPING TO THE WEST.
 
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
 
 
 
ZAPOTOCNY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster35 min
Apr 8, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster27 min
Apr 8, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster19 min
Apr 8, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass30 min
Apr 9, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.