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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Omaha, NE

June 24, 2006Dodge County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2006, 6:40 PM CDT for Dodge County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2006, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
35 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2006-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 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 2006-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KOAX 242341
SVROAX
NEC053-250015-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0252.060624T2340Z-060625T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
640 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DODGE COUNTY IN NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SCRIBNER...OR ABOUT 42 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING    
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ARRIVE IN ADVANCE OF
  ANY RAIN. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOOPER AROUND 650 PM CDT...
  NICKERSON AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  FREMONT AROUND 715 PM CDT...

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 4174 9645 4171 9676 4144 9671 4139 9636
      4148 9643

$$

CHERMOK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KOAX 242359
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
658 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

NEC053-250015-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060625T0015Z/
DODGE NE-
658 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR DODGE COUNTY...

AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NICKERSON TO HOOPER...OR ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA TO 37 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
OMAHA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FREMONT BY 710 PM CDT...

THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. SEEK A
STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.

LAT...LON 4174 9645 4171 9676 4144 9671 4139 9636
      4148 9643

$$

CHERMOK
000 
WWUS53 KOAX 250015
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
714 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

NEC053-250024-
/O.EXP.KOAX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060625T0015Z/
DODGE NE-
714 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DODGE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM
CDT...

THE WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS 
SCHEDULED. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED BUT HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL 
COULD FALL JUST WEST AND SOUTHEAST OF FREMONT THROUGH 725 PM.

LAT...LON 4174 9645 4171 9676 4144 9671 4139 9636
      4148 9643

$$

CHERMOK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXThurston31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.