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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Omaha, NE

July 5, 1998Antelope County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1998, 11:32 PM CDT for Antelope County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1998, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1998, 12:20 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Antelope County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 1998-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2793 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1998-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
2793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.3
Supercell composite
14.8

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The text

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

147 
WUUS1 KOMA 060433 RRA
SVROMA
NEC003-060520-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1132 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANTELOPE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1220 AM CDT

* AT 1130 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 28 MILES EAST OF O NEILL
  OR 6 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROYAL MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLEARWATER                   AROUND 1140 PM CDT
  NELIGH                       AROUND 1145 PM CDT
  OAKDALE                      AROUND 1155 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.  GET INTO A STURDY
BUILDING.  KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.

FOBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox60 min
Jul 5, 10:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXWashington6 hr
Jul 5, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox45 min
Jul 6, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox64 min
Jul 6, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope63 min
Jul 6, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar65 min
Jul 6, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXAntelope, Knox, Pierce60 min
Jul 6, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCedar63 min
Jul 6, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone, Madison61 min
Jul 6, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPierce, Wayne61 min
Jul 6, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXStanton79 min
Jul 6, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming, Thurston67 min
Jul 6, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming, Thurston62 min
Jul 6, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax, Platte64 min
Jul 6, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt64 min
Jul 6, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge63 min
Jul 6, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.