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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 417

June 12, 200211 counties in Iowa; 47 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 12, 2002, 12:30 PM CDT for 11 counties in Iowa; 47 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2002, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Gage County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney59 min
Jun 12, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls48 min
Jun 12, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster64 min
Jun 12, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer59 min
Jun 12, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSarpy, Saunders27 min
Jun 12, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster, Seward38 min
Jun 12, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Saunders29 min
Jun 12, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance56 min
Jun 12, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte37 min
Jun 12, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler, Platte37 min
Jun 12, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick66 min
Jun 12, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass29 min
Jun 12, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk65 min
Jun 12, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk49 min
Jun 12, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler31 min
Jun 12, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass30 min
Jun 12, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXFremont, Mills35 min
Jun 12, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork59 min
Jun 12, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Saunders37 min
Jun 12, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSeward32 min
Jun 12, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler30 min

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2034 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2034 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.5
Supercell composite
-2.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 24 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002

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.