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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Omaha, NE

June 5, 2005Dodge County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 2:07 AM CDT for Dodge County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 5, 2005, 2:07 AM CDT (07:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 2:33 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dodge County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Jun 4, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1467 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
1467 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KOAX 050707
SVROAX
NEC053-050745-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0207.050605T0707Z-050605T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
207 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH
  OF SNYDER...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SNYDER
  SCRIBNER

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. GET INTO A REINFORCED
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.

LAT...LON 4164 9696 4151 9679 4173 9645 4174 9687

$$

DEE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KOAX 050722
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
221 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

NEC053-050745-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-050605T0745Z/
DODGE NE-
221 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR 
NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY...

AT 219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SCRIBNER...OR ABOUT 38 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SNYDER
AND UEHLING.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. WHILE NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4164 9696 4151 9679 4173 9645 4174 9687

$$

DEE
000 
WWUS53 KOAX 050733
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
232 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

NEC053-050742-
/O.CAN.KOAX.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-050605T0745Z/
DODGE NE-
232 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED 
AREA...THUS THE WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 4164 9696 4151 9679 4173 9645 4174 9687

$$

DEE

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 Jun 4, 1:45 PM CDT, 12 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:45 PM CDT, 12 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
145 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERN WILL THE BE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS SHOW THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION NEAR THE
CLOSED LOW OVER NE CO INTO SD AND STRETCHING EWD ACRS NRN IA INTO
IL.  LARGE AREA OF CLEARING SKIES FM SRN NEB INTO KS AND NW MO AT
18Z ON THE VISIBLE STLT PICS.  LATEST SFC MAP HAD SFC LOW PRES OVER
SE SD INTO CNTRL NEB WITH THE CD FNT INTO WRN KS.  BACKED SFC FLOW
WAS NOTED AT EMP AND ICT...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S.  SPEED
MAX NOSING INTO KS WAS AROUND 70KTS.

SPC HAS MOD RISK OVR ALL BUT THE NW CWA AND HIGH RISK FM BIE...ALONG
MO VALLEY AND INTO SW IA.  SPC HRLY GRAPHICS HIGHLIGHT BEST MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE AS NOTED EARLIER WITH THE BACKED SFC FLOW AND HIGHER
DEWPOINTS FM MKC TO EMP.  TEMPS WERE WARMING INTO 80S ACRS ERN KS
AND MO...WITH STL ALREADY AT 91 AT 18Z WITH WRMFNT IN THIS AREA.
H85 DEWPOINTS POOLED OVR CNTRL KS WITH A MINIMUM IN SE NEB.  CAPE
VALUES WERE MOST UNSTABLE OVR ERN KS INTO MO.  LI VALUES WERE LOWEST
IN THESE AREAS.  STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES NOSING FM KS INTO SE
NEB.  THE 0-6KM SHEAR AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR WERE GREATEST FM KS INTO
MO AND ALSO SE NEB INTO SW MO AND THE HELICITY VALUES EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON WERE OVR NE KS.  THE 18Z OAX SPECIAL SOUNDING HAD 850MB
DEWPOINTS OF 7.4 AND WINDS 237 AT 18KTS.

CLD FILLING IN LNK TO OMA NWD AND THIS WILL HURT HEATING POTENTIAL.
1825Z HAS CLEAR AREA INTO SE NE WITH CU BUILDING CNTRL NE KS.

THE INITIAL SHORTWAVE TROF IS LIFTING N INTO SD AND NRN WY WITH THE
NEXT POTENT TRAILING CLOSED LOW WILL SHIFT INTO WRN NEB THIS
EVENING.  THIS MID LEVEL LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO NCNTRL NEB BY 06Z
AND FAR SE SD BY 12Z SUNDAY.  BASED ON INFO AVAILABLE WILL WATCH FOR
INITIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NE KS NR AND N OF WRM FNT AND INTO SE NEB AND
SW IA WITH TIME.  TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA OF FAVORABLE SHEAR/INSTABILITY/.  TORNADOES
BEING REPORTED IN WRN NEB WITH STORMS FORMING CLOSER TO THE MID
LEVEL LOW.

THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING IN SE NEB...IA WITH
POTENTIAL FOR SVR CONTINUING.  WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SEVERE THIS
EVENING FOR ERN ZONES. DRY SLOT FOLLOWS IN BEHIND FOR SW
ZONES.EXPECT WRAPAROUND PRECIP ESPECIALLY ACRS NE NEB LATER TONIGHT
INTO SUN AM.  WILL LEAVE FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1AM WHERE WE
CURRENTLY HAVE IT.  PWS HIGHEST FM NE KS INTO SRN IA AND ALREADY
QUITE SOAKED NE WITH AN INCH OR LESS FF GUID.

LOWS TONIGHT SHOULD DROP BACK INTO THE 50S W WITH WEST WINDS AND
LINGER IN THE 60S ERN SECTIONS OF THE FCST AREA.  WILL NEED TO LOOK
AT TEMPERATURES A LITTLE CLOSER FOR SUN AS WILL HAVE TO LOWER HIGHS
IF EXPECT MORE CLDS FOR NW ZONES.

THE N TO S MID LEVEL TROF STRETCHES FM CANADA INTO MN AND THRU IA
AND ERN NEB SUN...SLOWLY SHIFTING INTO ERN IA SUNDAY NIGHT.  WE ARE
LOOKING FOR A BREAK IN THE CHC OF RAIN SUN NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING
AS MID LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS.  WILL NEED TO WATCH MONDAY AS LI VALUES
DECREASE WITH MOISTURE RETURN.  THE STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET
MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD PROVIDE AND ADDITIONAL FOCUS AND WILL KEEP
MONDAY NIGHT CHC GOING.  THERE ARE WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS COMING IN
FOR TUES...THUS HAVE DROPPED POPS BACK.  DID NOT MAKE SIG CHGS TO
EXTENDED.  SW CONTINUES ALOFT AND SFC BOUNDARY TRIES TO PUSH THRU
WED AND THEN BACK N AGAIN THU...WITH NEXT BOUNDARY APPROACHING SAT.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

NE...FLOOD WATCH TIL 06Z IN SERN NEBRASKA...OTOE...JOHNSON...NEMAHA
...RICHARDSON AND PAWNEE.  FLOOD WATCH TIL 06Z NERN NEBRASKA
COUNTIES OF BOONE...ANTELOPE...KNOX...CEDAR ...PIERCE... MADISON
...STANTON...WAYNE...THURSTON...CUMING AND BURT.
IA...FLOOD WATCH TIL 06Z FREMONT AND PAGE COUNTIES.
&&

ZAPOTOCNY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:52 PM CDT, 8 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
552 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-051115-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-
FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON-
MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE-
PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-
SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
552 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA. THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER BOUNDARY WITH SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
IS OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS EVENING.

IN ADDITION...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR FAR SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THIS AREA INCLUDES OTOE...JOHNSON...
NEMAHA...RICHARDSON AND PAWNEE COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA AND FREMONT
AND PAGE COUNTIES OF IOWA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER
MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...THAT AREA STANDS A
HIGHER CHANCE OF PICKING UP HEAVY RAIN. MUCH OF THAT AREA ALSO
RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EARLY FRIDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS COULD RETURN TO THE AREA AS EARLY AS MONDAY NIGHT BUT
ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY PERIODS
WHEN SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED FOR THIS EVENING.

ZAPOTOCNY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
954 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0925 PM     HAIL             CROFTON                 42.73N 97.50W
06/04/2005  0.75 INCH        KNOX               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0943 PM     HAIL             4 NW ST. HELENA         42.85N 97.30W
06/04/2005  0.75 INCH        CEDAR              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3 MILES SOUTH OF YANKTON

&&

KLISH
Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1043 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0844 PM     HAIL             6 W BLOOMFIELD          42.60N 97.77W
06/04/2005  1.00 INCH        KNOX               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KLISH
Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1045 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1025 PM     HAIL             NIOBRARA                42.75N 98.03W
06/04/2005  0.88 INCH        KNOX               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KLISH
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1131 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

IAZ090-091-NEZ068-090>093-050515-
FREMONT IA-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...CLARINDA...FALLS CITY...
NEBRASKA CITY...PAWNEE CITY...SIDNEY...TECUMSEH
1131 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND FAR SOUTHWEST
IOWA...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND FAR
SOUTHWEST IOWA...ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN.  THE
FLOOD WATCH HAS CANCELLED.  THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER
UNDER A FLOOD WATCH...IN NEBRASKA...JOHNSON...NEMAHA...OTOE...
PAWNEE...AND RICHARDSON.  IN IOWA...FREMONT AND PAGE.

POLLACK
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1152 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

IAZ043-055-NEZ012-015-017-018-031>034-042>045-050945-

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 402 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
     MONONA

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
     HARRISON

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
     CEDAR...PIERCE...WAYNE...THURSTON...CUMING...STANTON...
     MADISON...COLFAX AND PLATTE

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
     BURT...DODGE AND WASHINGTON

FOBERT
Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:14 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSarpy32 min
Jun 4, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas47 min
Jun 4, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage33 min
Jun 4, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster46 min
Jun 4, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Knox45 min
Jun 4, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSeward41 min
Jun 4, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass40 min
Jun 4, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler39 min
Jun 4, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders30 min
Jun 4, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas, Sarpy50 min
Jun 4, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox37 min
Jun 4, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders60 min
Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Washington41 min
Jun 4, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox35 min
Jun 4, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas, Sarpy45 min
Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Dodge48 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar35 min
Jun 4, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox46 min
Jun 4, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas31 min
Jun 4, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone52 min
Jun 4, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCedar6 hr

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.