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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2007, 8:27 PM CDT for Cass 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
- Mar 21, 2007, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cass County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 942 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
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 Mar 21, 4:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 4:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 414 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SHORT TERM CONCERNS WILL FOCUS ON SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. THE 18Z OAX OUNDING REVEALED A CAP TO BE OVERCOME THIS AFTERNOON AND CAPE OF NEARLY 1800 J/KG. THE LATEST SFC ANALYSIS HAD THE WIND SHIFT THROUGH WAYNE AND OFK AND THE AREA OF LOW PRES NR OLU AND YORK. THE AREA OF LOW PRES EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD INTO WRN KS WITH THE DRYLINE NEAR HAYES KS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLD TORNADOES IS AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE COLD FNT. LATEST SPC MESOSCALE ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW LOW LCL HTS OF LESS THAN 1000M...CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KM AND BRN SHEAR OF 30M2/S2...HOWEVER BRN SHEAR HAS BEEN INCREASING CLOSE TO 60M2/S2 ACRS SE NEB AND SW IA. RUC/NAM FCST SOUNDINGS SHOW THE WEAKENING CAP LATE WITH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONTINUED TO MENTION POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN PRODUCTS AND ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT IN HWO. WE ARE LACKING A WELL-DEFINED SURFACE CIRCULATION. WITH THE FNT THRU THE NW HAVE DROPPED MENTION OF TSRA THERE AND DROPPED MENTION ACRS THE NW HALF OF THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTH WINDS AND DRIER DEWPOINTS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO DROP BACK INTO THE 30S N AND REMAIN IN THE UPR 40S S. THE SFC FNT PUSHES TO THE S OF THE FCST AREA THU MORNING...HOWEVER THE H85 FNT REMAINS DRAPED ACRS SRN NEB. LEFT CHC FOR TSRA INTO THUR AND THU NIGHT. THE SPLIT FLOW PATTERN CONTINUES AND THE CLOSED LOW OVER BAJA WILL ALLOW THE MILD/MOIST SW FLOW ALOFT TO CONTINUE. A STRONGER WAVE APPROACHES IN THE NRN FLOW FRI/SAT AND THE CLOSED LOW BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES WITH THE GFS...BUT IS AN OPEN WAVE ON THE ECMWF...THUS CONTINUED TSRA CHANCES INTO THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM FROM SAT CONTINUES ACRS NEB SUNDAY AND THIS NEGATIVELY TILTED SYSTEM COULD BRING SEVERE WEATHER WITH IT. THERE IS A BREAK IN THE STORMY WEATHER MON AND EARLY TUES...HOWEVER A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET AND A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE MAY PRODUCE SEVERE STORMS TUES/WED. LOOK FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && ZAPOTOCNY
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 5:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 554 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-221300- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 554 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM AROUND SEWARD TO FREMONT TO MAPLETON. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL COULD BE PRODUCED THURSDAY NIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE THE RESULT OF WARM MOIST AIR BEING LIFTED OVER THE SURFACE FRONT IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS THIS WEEKEND WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. ZAPOTOCNY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 21, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
625 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM HAIL 7 N ARLINGTON 41.56N 96.36W
03/21/2007 E0.75 INCH WASHINGTON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
MOSTLY PEAS.
&&
CZAPOTOCLocal storm report, Mar 21, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Lancaster | 45 min |
| Mar 21, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Sarpy | 43 min |
| Mar 21, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 50 min |
| Mar 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Mar 21, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Mar 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Otoe | 43 min |
| Mar 21, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 50 min |
| Mar 21, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson | 32 min |
| Mar 21, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pawnee | 36 min |
| Mar 21, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 40 min |
| Mar 21, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 62 min |
| Mar 21, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 40 min |
| Mar 21, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 66 min |
| Mar 21, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 15 min |
| Mar 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 52 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.