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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2006, 7:57 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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 21, 2006, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 21, 2:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 245 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... EXTENT OF PRECIP PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. OUTFLOW FROM MORNING CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA HAS HELPED PUSH SURFACE BOUNDRY TO NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER AT 19Z. MODELS STALL OUT THE BOUNDRY TONIGHT IN THIS SAME GENERAL AREA AND ACTS AS FOCUS FOR NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WENT WITH DRY FORECAST FOR NORTH HALF OF THE AREA TONIGHT WITH BEST POPS ALONG THE SERN BORDER. UPPER PATTERN BEGINS TO AMPLIFY BY THE WEEKEND AS HIGH BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST. TIMING AND STRENGTH OF SHORT WAVES UNCERTAIN HOWEVER SO TRIED TO LIMIT CONVECTION TO MAINLY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING PERIODS WITH LOW POPS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. LITTLE CHANGE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE SHORT TERM WITH LATEST GUIDANCE TRENDING TOWARD CURRENT FORECAST. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD ANOTHER STRONG WAVE INDICATED FOR FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK COMING INTO WESTERN CANADA...ALTHOUGH 12Z RUN OF THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING SOME DIFFERENCES IN TIMING AND STRENGTH WITH GFS MORE PROGRESSIVE. OVERALL ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST WITH TREND TOWARD WARMER TEMPERATURES BY DAY 7. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && FOBERT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 4:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 430 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-221130- 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- 430 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A RED OAX TO LINCOLN NEBRASKA LINE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL GENERALLY END BY LATE EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. A VERY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG THE COLD FRONT IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE. SHEAR PROFILES ALONG THE COLD FRONT SUPPORT SOME THUNDERSTORM ORGANIZATION AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FROM THIS ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...BUT WILL NOT BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT OR ON THURSDAY. BOUSTEAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.