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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 6:53 PM CDT for Gage 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 11, 2005, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gage County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
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 11, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 300 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE SEVERE WX POTENTIAL AND HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD ALSO CHALLENGING. LATEST SUBJECTIVE SFC ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO BE QUITE COMPLICATED WITH MAIN WARM FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS FAR NRN KS WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDING INTO NWRN MO. ANOTHER BOUNDARY IS SITTING ACROSS FAR SRN NEB AND STORMS ARE FIRING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEB NOW. STORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE ACROSS WARM FRONT IN NERN KS AND ALONG OUTFLOW ACROSS NWRN MO. THIS ONGOING CONVECTION HAS KEPT MID 60S SFC DEWPOINTS FROM REACHING OUR FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...THUS LIMITING OUR INSTABILITY AND KEEPING STRONG CONVECTION TO OUR SOUTH. AS WAS EXPECTED...WE HAVE SEEN A LULL IN ACTIVITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK DRY SLOT HAS WORKED INTO THE AREA AS WAS SUGGESTED BY THE 12Z NAM. A FEW JUNKY STORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS SWRN IA...BUT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS DRY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SFC LOW PRES CENTER OVER ERN CO WL SLIDE INTO ERN KS OVERNIGHT WITH INVERTED TROF MOVING THROUGH CNTRL NEB JUST AS LLJ INCREASES. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES EAST. WITH STRONG THETA-E ADVECTION TONIGHT...WL HANG ON TO FLOOD WATCH FOR ONLY SWRN IA COUNTIES AND ALSO A FEW IN EXTREME NERN NEB. THE WATCH AREA COVERS THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAD SIGNIFICANT RAINS LAST NIGHT AND THUS ONE HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS NEAR OR LESS THAN 1 INCH. STILL FEEL THAT HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF FORECAST AREA...HOWEVER THOSE AREAS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE RAINFALL LAST NIGHT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE AN INCH OR SO OVERNIGHT WITHOUT MUCH FLOODING CONCERN. SHOULD SEE QUITE A GRADIENT IN TEMPS TOMORROW...SIMILAR TO TODAYS...AS THE SFC BOUNDARY WORKS ITS WAY SEWD. PCPN SHOULD FOCUS ALONG THIS INTO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND WL END PCPN FROM NW TO SE BY EARLY FRIDAY. SFC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND AND WL SEE DRY CONDITIONS WITH TEMPS MAINLY IN THE 60S. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD DIP INTO THE LOWER 40S WITH LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES TO HELP RADIATE OUT. SFC HIGH PUSHES EAST LATE SUNDAY SETTING US UP FOR RETURN FLOW AND A SLIGHT WARM UP FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. NEXT FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AND WL GO WITH NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...ZONAL FLOW SETS UP BY MID WEEK AND WL GO WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR DAY 7. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...FLOOD WATCH THURSTON...WAYNE...CUMING...BURT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THRU 9AM THU. IA...FLOOD WATCH ALL OAX IA COUNTIES THRU 9AM THU. && GRIFFIS
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 5:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 11, 4:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 403 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 NEZ030-031-042-043-050-065-078-088-089-120500- BOONE-BUTLER-COLFAX-GAGE-JEFFERSON-MADISON-PLATTE-SALINE-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...BEATRICE...CLARKSON...COLUMBUS... CRETE...DAVID CITY...FAIRBURY...NORFOLK...SEWARD 403 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 252 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 252 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. IN EASTERN NEBRASKA THE WATCH INCLUDES... GAGE...SALINE...SEWARD...BUTLER...COLFAX...PLATTE...BOONE...MADISON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. BOUSTEAD
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR TO ADD JEFFERSON CO IN TEXT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 403 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 NEZ030-031-042-043-050-065-078-088-089-120500- BOONE-BUTLER-COLFAX-GAGE-JEFFERSON-MADISON-PLATTE-SALINE-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...BEATRICE...CLARKSON...COLUMBUS... CRETE...DAVID CITY...FAIRBURY...NORFOLK...SEWARD 403 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 252 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 252 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. IN EASTERN NEBRASKA THE WATCH INCLUDES... JEFFERSON...GAGE...SALINE...SEWARD...BUTLER...COLFAX...PLATTE...BOONE ...MADISON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. BOUSTEAD
Special weather statement, May 11, 6:42 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
642 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
NEZ090>093-120700-
JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...FALLS CITY...PAWNEE CITY...
TECUMSEH
642 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 254 HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WILL BE
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
JOHNSON...NEMAHA...PAWNEE AND RICHARDSON
DEWALDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 56 min |
| May 10, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Colfax | 24 min |
| May 10, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 33 min |
| May 10, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Seward | 50 min |
| May 10, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 56 min |
| May 10, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Washington | 54 min |
| May 10, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 30 min |
| May 10, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 25 min |
| May 10, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Saunders | 53 min |
| May 10, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Washington | 14 min |
| May 10, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 41 min |
| May 11, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 38 min |
| May 11, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 45 min |
| May 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 30 min |
| May 10, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Shelby | 25 min |
| May 10, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 31 min |
| May 10, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 50 min |
| May 10, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 32 min |
| May 10, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 44 min |
| May 10, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| May 10, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| May 10, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 42 min |
| May 10, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 44 min |
| May 11, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.