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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Omaha, NE

May 21, 2004Burt County, Cuming County, Thurston County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2004, 2:08 AM CDT for Burt County, Cuming County, Thurston County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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 21, 2004, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2004, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burt County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Thurston County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2004-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 238 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 2004-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
238 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-360 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
462 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.2

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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.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 8:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte31 min
May 21, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax21 min
May 21, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge31 min
May 21, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Cuming50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.