Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Omaha, NE

Issued

Apr 11, 2001, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)

Expired

Apr 11, 2001, 3:45 AM CDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Omaha, NE

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Otoe County, NE

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
WUUS53 KOAX 110752
SVROMA
NEC131-110845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
251 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND FROM 25 MILES WEST OF
  DOUGLAS TO 41 MILES SOUTH OF DOUGLAS...OR FROM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF LINCOLN TO 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEATRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  LORTON VILLAGE...PALMYRA...SYRACUSE...UNADILLA
  DUNBAR...NEBRASKA CITY...OTOE

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM TAKE SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR 
HOME OR BUSINESS. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.

WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4078 9646 4060 9646 4054 9643 4054 9577
          4072 9586 4080 9588

MEAD

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 10, 3:06 PM CDT, 11 hours 45 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
306 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH
WED...RAINFALL...TEMPS...AND WINDS AS A MAJOR CYCLONE MOVES
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA.

IN THE SHORT TERM...VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR FROM AMA N.E. TO TOP
AT 850 MB WAS UNDERESTIMATED BY MODELS.  ETA AGAIN SEEMS TO LOSE
SOME OF THE MOISTURE WHILE AVN REMAINS MOIST.  THIS AIR ADVECTING
NWD UNDER A SERIES OF RIPPLES IN THE UPPER JET HAS RESULTED IN
REPEAT TSTM DEVELOPMENT AND SLOWED TIEH NWD ADVANCE OF THE WARM
FRONT.  AS THIS PROCESS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE WITH UPPER DIFL LIKELY
INCREASING AHEAD OF MAIN LOW OVERNIGHT...THE PROSPECTS FOR SVR WX
WILL CONTINUE.  ALSO THINK THE MODELS WILL REMAIN TOO FAST WITH THE
WARM FRONT.  FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT STORMS SHOW FAST
MOVEMENT...SO WILL NOT HEADLINE FOR NOW.

ETA AND AVN ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT ON POSITIONS OF LOW AT SFC
AND ALOFT THRU 36 HRS...WITH ETA FASTER AFTER THAT.  DESPITE THESE
SIMILARITIES...THE AVN IS FASTER IN LIFTING THE DRY SLOT INTO OUR
AREA WEDNESDAY.  WILL TAKE A COMPROMISE SOLUTION.

WIND WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM WED AND WED NIGHT AS THE STRONG LOW
MOVES THROUGH ERN NEB THEN MN.  GRADIENT DOES NOT LOOK QUITE AS
TIGHT AS LAST SYSTEM...SO FAR.  WINDS SHOULD DIE OUT GRADUALLY ON
THU AS WINDS ARE COUNTERACTED BY A DYING GRADIENT.

THU. NIGHT LOOKS COOL AND DRY PER GUIDANCE...WITH NO BIG CHANGES TO
EXTENDED.

.OMA...NONE.
POLLACK

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

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.