Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Omaha, NE

August 6, 1996Thurston County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1996, 9:24 PM CDT for Thurston County, Nebraska. It was in force for 66 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
Aug 6, 1996, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 1996, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Thurston County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 6, 10:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Macy, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1996-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2729 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 1996-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
2729 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope28 min
Aug 6, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox44 min
Aug 6, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone63 min
Aug 6, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Pierce59 min
Aug 6, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte59 min
Aug 6, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Wayne64 min
Aug 6, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXStanton64 min
Aug 6, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Cuming66 min
Aug 6, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Cuming, Thurston56 min
Aug 6, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Dodge67 min
Aug 6, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMonona67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.