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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE

May 8, 1996Dodge County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1996, 11:43 PM CDT for Dodge County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
May 8, 1996, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1996, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 11:53 PM CDTHail 0.75North Bend, NE
May 9, 12:20 AM CDTHail 1.25Scribner, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 1996-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1091 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOMA 090444
SVROMA
NEC053-090530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1143 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...DODGE COUNTY
 
AT 1140 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF
NORTH BEND...OR 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
RIDGELY...WEBSTER...AND SCRIBNER. THIS STORM MAY LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL OF
1 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER.
 
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.  PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA
SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
 
SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Saline36 min
May 8, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Lancaster48 min
May 8, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Lancaster40 min
May 8, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson49 min
May 8, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Otoe30 min
May 8, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Johnson46 min
May 8, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson38 min
May 8, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster, Saunders54 min
May 8, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJohnson47 min
May 8, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage48 min
May 8, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage44 min
May 9, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Stanton50 min
May 9, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Cuming30 min
May 9, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline, Seward42 min
May 9, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster45 min
May 9, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax50 min
May 9, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXLancaster, Otoe5 hr
May 9, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.