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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Omaha, NE

September 16, 200612 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this wind advisory at Sep 16, 2006, 4:06 AM CDT for 12 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 16, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2006, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 16, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 16, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

Counties Boone County, NE, Butler County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Platte County, NE, Saline County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2006-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 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 00:00Z on 2006-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Sep 16, 3:38 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 3:38 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 1:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 15, 10:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1046 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

1020 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     9 SE LINCOLN            40.72N 96.57W
09/15/2006                   LANCASTER          NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 2 NEAR CHENEY.

1035 PM     HAIL             LOGAN                   41.64N 95.79W
09/15/2006  E1.00 INCH       HARRISON           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&
Local storm report, Sep 15, 10:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1051 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

1050 PM     HAIL             BRUNSWICK               42.34N 97.97W
09/15/2006  E1.00 INCH       ANTELOPE           NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

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Local storm report, Sep 15, 11:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 15, 11:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 15, 11:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone, Platte45 min
Sep 15, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Seward38 min
Sep 15, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone49 min
Sep 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte45 min
Sep 15, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler27 min
Sep 15, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler35 min
Sep 15, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders48 min
Sep 15, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSeward31 min
Sep 15, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Platte46 min
Sep 15, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge52 min
Sep 15, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSeward18 min
Sep 15, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline33 min
Sep 15, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler36 min
Sep 15, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPierce47 min
Sep 15, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington40 min
Sep 15, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas65 min
Sep 15, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders50 min
Sep 15, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox45 min
Sep 15, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline28 min
Sep 15, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSaline18 min
Sep 15, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington30 min
Sep 15, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPierce, Wayne45 min
Sep 15, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster44 min
Sep 15, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster36 min
Sep 15, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler43 min
Sep 15, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington17 min
Sep 15, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas17 min
Sep 15, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope33 min
Sep 15, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders27 min
Sep 15, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison48 min
Sep 15, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison16 min

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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.