Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2007, 8:44 PM CDT for Boone County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2007, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Boone County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 8:59 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | St. Edward, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 2524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KOAX 220146
SVROAX
NEC011-220215-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0310.070822T0144Z-070822T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
844 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 843 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. EDWARD...OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ST. EDWARD AND RURAL AREAS OF
THE INDICATED COUNTY...
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.
HAIL OF 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. GO
TO A SAFE PLACE INSIDE YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND GLASS DOORS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4173 9807 4157 9815 4152 9809 4153 9782
4167 9783
$$
GRIFFIS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KOAX 220154
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
854 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007
NEC011-220215-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-070822T0215Z/
BOONE NE-
854 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR BOONE COUNTY...
AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. EDWARD...OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTHWEST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE STORM WILL AFFECT ST. EDWARD AND MAINLY RURAL AREAS IN SOUTHWEST
BOONE COUNTY.
THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. SEEK A
STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4173 9807 4157 9815 4152 9809 4153 9782
4167 9783
$$
GRIFFIS000
WWUS53 KOAX 220208
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
908 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007
NEC011-220218-
/O.EXP.KOAX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-070822T0215Z/
BOONE NE-
908 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOONE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM
CDT...
THE WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS
SCHEDULED. STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE. HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4173 9807 4157 9815 4152 9809 4153 9782
4167 9783
$$
GRIFFISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pierce | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Platte | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Stanton | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Thurston | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 8:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Thurston | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Thurston | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 11:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 9 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Cuming, Stanton | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline, Seward | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.