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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Omaha, NE

May 2, 2001Antelope County, Boone County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2001, 1:06 AM CDT for Antelope County, Boone County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
May 2, 2001, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2001, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2001-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1236 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 2001-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 1, 2:15 PM CDT, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:15 PM CDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
215 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2001

ALL 12Z MODELS TENDING TO SLOW SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF FRONT  ACROSS
AREA TNGT INTO WED WITH THE AVN AND NGM SLOWER OF MAJOR OPERATIONAL
MODELS. BASED ON CURRENT MOVEMENT OF FRONT ALONG WITH OVERALL ETA
BETTER TRACK RECORD OF HANDLING OF COLD AIR INTRUSION WILL FOLLOW
NCEP LEAD AND LEAN MORE TOWARD ETA COLD FRONTAL POSITION THROUGH
AROUND 48 HRS. AS CAP IS BROKEN ANTICIPATE CONVECTION TO DEVELOP BY
BY AROUND 20Z TO 21Z ALONG FRONT FROM BETWEEN KODX AND KAUH TO NEAR
KSUX. CONVECTION TO GRADUALLY WORK SOUTH DURING THE NIGHT WITH THE
FRONT. WILL LIKELY RETAIN SOME POPS N OF FNT BUT LESS RISK SGFNT WX.
BESIDES THE THREAT FOR SVR WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH CDFNT WITH SGFNT
CAPE AND SUFFICIENT SHEAR...POTENTIAL WILL ALSO INCREASE FOR AREAS OF
HEAVY RAIN DURING NIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AS
LOW LEVEL FLOW TENDS TO VEER WITH INFLUX OF INCREASING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE.

TRENDING TOWARD ETA MODEL BELIEVE MAIN POTENTIAL FOR SHWRS AND AND
EMBEDDED TSTMS ON WED INTO WED EVE WILL BE MAINLY IN SE NEB INTO SW
IA. HOWEVER CHANCE FOR RAIN INCREASING ACROSS ENTIRE AREA AGAIN LATER
WED NIGHT INTO THU AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INFLUX INCREASES INTO THE
SFC BOUNDARY AS IT TRIES TO LIFT NWD. IN ADDITION SWLY UPPER FLOW
OVERRUNNING COOL DOME ALONG WITH DISTURBANCES COMING OUT OF UPPER
LOW OVER SW U.S. WILL HELP GENERATE GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN AND
EMBEDDED TSTMS.

BEYOND 48HRS ETA MAY BE SHIFTING UPPER LOW A BIT FAST AND AVN MODEL
TREND BETTER IN EXTENDED PERIODS. EXTENDED LOOKS QUITE UNSETTLED AND
WET THROUGH WEEKEND.

.OMA...NONE.
WIESE
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 9:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
913 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0646 PM    MONDAMIN                  IA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0646 PM    MONDAMIN                  IA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0655 PM    3 E MONDAMIN              IA   TORNADO
05/01/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0656 PM    3 E MONDAMIN              IA   1 INCH HAIL
05/01/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0704 PM    2 E MONDAMIN              IA   TORNADO
05/01/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0705 PM    MAGNOLIA                  IA   TORNADO
05/01/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0732 PM    PERSIA                    IA   TORNADO
05/01/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0748 PM    3 N WOODBINE              IA   .88 INCH HAIL
05/01/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED dBY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.
Local storm report, May 1, 10:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1007 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0920 PM    PETERSBURG                NE   .88 INCH HAIL
05/01/01   BOONE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0939 PM    WISNER                    NE   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/01/01   CUMING                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Special weather statement, May 1, 10:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-021000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1054 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2001

STORM SPOTTERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
WEST CENTRAL IOWA.  SPOTTERS MAY ALSO BE NEEDED IN SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR
OVER A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT.  THE FRONT EXTENDS FROM A LOW OVER
NORTHEAST COLORADO...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA.  THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT OVERNIGHT.

LATE TONIGHT...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING SLOWLY
SOUTHWARD.  THE LOW LEVEL JET IS ALSO EXPECTED TO WEAKEN.  THIS
WOULD ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH...BUT THESE
STORMS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN BELOW SqEVERE LIMITS AFTER 3 AM.

POLLACK
Local storm report, May 1, 11:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone23 min
May 1, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming, Stanton30 min
May 1, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming32 min
May 1, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Dodge64 min
May 1, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXStanton47 min
May 1, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming35 min
May 1, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXThurston32 min
May 1, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXShelby24 min
May 1, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison32 min
May 1, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby30 min
May 1, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Monona30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.