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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Omaha, NE

May 11, 2005Gage County, Nebraska

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.

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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 11, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2005-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -134 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
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

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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.

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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In the hours before

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

DEWALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge56 min
May 10, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax24 min
May 10, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders33 min
May 10, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSeward50 min
May 10, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler56 min
May 10, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas, Washington54 min
May 10, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders30 min
May 10, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSeward25 min
May 10, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster, Saunders53 min
May 10, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas, Washington14 min
May 10, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy41 min
May 11, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge38 min
May 11, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington45 min
May 10, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby30 min
May 10, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXShelby25 min
May 10, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby31 min
May 10, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie50 min
May 10, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby32 min
May 10, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby44 min
May 10, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie34 min
May 10, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie34 min
May 10, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison42 min
May 10, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie, Shelby44 min
May 11, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.