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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Omaha, NE

May 24, 1996Douglas County, Sarpy County, Nebraska; Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 1:51 AM CDT for Douglas County, Sarpy County, Nebraska; Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was in force for 54 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
May 24, 1996, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pottawattamie County, IA, Douglas County, NE, Sarpy County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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
May 24, 2:55 AM CDTHail 1Papillion, 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 390 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1996-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1996-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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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
May 24, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Saunders41 min
May 24, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge44 min
May 24, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1996Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 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.