Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2002, 10:22 AM CDT for Pierce County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2002, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2002, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pierce County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:40 AM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Pierce, NE | Hail up to tennis ball size did extensive damage to houses, vehicles and trees in town. |
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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
323 WUUS53 KOAX 161522 SVROMA NEC139-161615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 1022 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1019 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF FOSTER...OR ABOUT17 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... PIERCE FOSTER OSMOND LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE INSIDE YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. LAT...LON 4216 9786 4204 9770 4215 9735 4246 9767 MILLER
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 Aug 16, 3:15 AM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 3:15 AM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 315 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002 SYNOPSIS...NEW CONVECTION HAD RECENTLY DEVELOPED ALONG SERN BORDER IN AREA OF STRONG LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GRADIENT AS SHOWN ON 06Z SFC ANALYSIS AND EVENING H85 UA ANALYSIS. SFC BOUNDRY AT 06Z EXTENDED FROM SERN IA ACROSS NWRN MO AND NERN KS WITH WEAK HIGH OVER ERN NEB. THIS MOISTURE MAKES A RAPID RETURN NORTH TODAY AS CYCLOGENESIS TAKES PLACE OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AHEAD OF STRONG SHORT WAVE COMING INTO THE NWRN PART OF THE COUNTRY. AVN APPEARS TO HANDLE CURRENT CONVECTION BEST AND WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW AVN IN THIS FORECAST ALTHOUGH NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MODELS WITH MAIN SURFACE AND UPPER FEATURES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. WILL MENTION SCT STORMS FOR THE SERN AREAS THIS MORNING THEN SHIFT CHANCE TO THE NRN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON WHERE BEST MOISTURE ADVECTION INDICATED AS WELL AS H7 WARM ADVECTION. NOT MUCH CHANGE FOR REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM REGARDING TEMPERATURES AND PRECIP WITH TIMING OF COLD FRONT STILL ON TRACK. IN EXTENDED PERIOD...PATTERN REMAINS ACTIVE AS SERIES OF WAVES MOVE THROUGH FAST FLOW WITH RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE WEST BY END OF PERIOD. LITTLE CHANGE TO EXTENDED PORTION OF FORECAST. .OMA...NONE FOBERT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-161800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMA
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-161801- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 515 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002 STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG A WARM FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING THAT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST BORDER OF NEBRASKA. THE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYS OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. SHEAR PROFILES AND STRONG INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF TORNADOS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE AREA IS MAINLY NORTH OF A NELIGH TO HARLAN IOWA LINE. LATER TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO THE AREA AND MAY TRIGGER MORE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN HAZARDS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/OAX OR AT WEATHER.GOV (LOWER CASE). FOBERT
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-161801- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMA
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-161800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 805 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002 STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NORTH OF A WARM FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL MAINLY BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A PRIMROSE TO BEATRICE LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. SHEAR PROFILES AND STRONG INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE AREA WILL BE MAINLY NORTH OF A NELIGH TO HARLAN IOWA LINE. LATER TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO THE AREA AND MAY TRIGGER MORE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN HAZARDS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/OAX OR AT WEATHER.GOV (LOWER CASE). FOBERT/ZAPOTOCNY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-161800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMA
Local storm report, Aug 16, 10:11 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1011 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0913 AM MONROE NE 4.5 INCH HAIL
08/16/02 PLATTE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0930 AM 1 W MONROE NE 2.75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02 PLATTE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0930 AM PLATTE CENTER NE 1 INCH HAIL
08/16/02 PLATTE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0930 AM 4 E MANLEY NE .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02 CASS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Platte | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Platte | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Wayne | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Washington | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Thurston, Wayne | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Sarpy | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Thurston | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Knox | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.