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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Omaha, NE

May 5, 2007Saunders County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2007, 6:09 PM CDT for Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 66 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: May 5, 2007, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saunders County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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
May 5, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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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 May 5, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
407 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM CONCERNS WILL BE ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER WITH PDS
TORNADO WATCHES POSTED IN OUR CWA AND IN THE MIDST OF SVR/TOR
WARNINGS.

LATEST SFC ANALYIS HAD LOW PRES CENTERED NR LBF EXTENDING WWD INTO
ERN CO. THE WRMFNT EXTENDS ACR CNTRL NEB INTO NE NEB AND SW IA
WITH THE DRYLINE OVR WRN KS. THE MOST ACTIVE PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA HAS GENERALLY BEEN N FROM OLU TO LNK TO HARLAN.
INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE ACROS THE FCST OF THE
FCST AREA...HOWEVER...PER THE 18Z OAX SOUNDING...A CAP HAS THUS
FAR HELD CONVECTION ACRS THE SE PORTION OF THE FCST AREA BACK.

EXPECT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED
TORNADOES...AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE SHEAR
REMAINS HIGH THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASES AFTER
MIDNIGHT...THEREFORE EXPECT THE SEVERE THREAT TO BECOME MORE
ISOLATED LATER TONIGHT. HOWEVER STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
ISOLATED TO CONTINUE. THE LOW LEVEL JET IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN
OVERNIGHT...AND THIS SHOULD ALSO AID IN TSRA DEVLOPMENT AND HEAVY
RAIN. THE MID TROPOSPHERIC TROF REMAINS TO THE WEST THROUGH
TUESDAY. THE SFC FRONT REMAINS OVR WRN NEB SUN. THIS FRONT DOES
NOT PROGRESS INTO ERN NEB UNTIL MON.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING. WITH HIGHER PRECEDENT HEADLINES IN PLACE...DO
NOT HAVE WIND ADVISORY GOING. DUE TO LOCALIZED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3
INCHES TODAY AND ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. OPTED
TO GO WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. 3/6HR GUID IS
MOSTLY BETWEEN 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES AND SEVERAL PLACES HAVE REPORTED
LOWLAND FLOODING AND STREAM RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL. FF THREAT WILL
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON EXTENDING WATCH FOR NOW.

NOTE...EXCESSIVE DAY1 RAINFALL RISK IN THE MOD CATEGORY BY HPC FOR
MOST OF THE CWA.

DID NOT MAKE SIG CHANGES TO EXTENDED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR NEZ011-012-015>018-
     030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093.

IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR IAZ043-055-056-069-
     079-080-090-091.

&&

ZAPOTOCNY

Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
330 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-052330-
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-
330 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST IOWA INTO THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF
HIGHWAY 81 AT MID AFTERNOON SHOULD DEVELOP EASTWARD INTO THIS
EVENING. STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...
BECAUSE OF VERY STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...SOME TORNADOES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE THREAT FOR HAIL
PRODUCING STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY
MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL OR TORNADOES WILL
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY OR SUNDAY EVENING...WITH HEAVY RAIN
PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE.

THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS AT JUST
ABOUT ANY TIME THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY
ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA.

MILLER

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
504 PM CDT SAT MAY 05 2007

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

0449 PM     HAIL             1 W TOBIAS              40.42N 97.36W
05/05/2007  E1.00 INCH       SALINE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KLISH

Local storm report, May 5, 5:21 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
521 PM CDT SAT MAY 05 2007

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

0510 PM     HAIL             1 W WAUSA               42.50N 97.56W
05/05/2007  E1.75 INCH       KNOX               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0511 PM     HAIL             11 W WILBER             40.48N 97.17W
05/05/2007  E1.00 INCH       SALINE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0511 PM     HAIL             5 S DORCHESTER          40.58N 97.11W
05/05/2007  E0.75 INCH       SALINE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KLISH

Local storm report, May 5, 5:23 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
523 PM CDT SAT MAY 05 2007

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

0518 PM     HAIL             5 S CROFTON             42.66N 97.50W
05/05/2007  E1.00 INCH       KNOX               NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

KLISH

Local storm report, May 5, 5:29 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
529 PM CDT SAT MAY 05 2007

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

0524 PM     TORNADO          1 N BLOOMFIELD          42.61N 97.65W
05/05/2007                   KNOX               NE   PUBLIC

&&

KLISH

Local storm report, May 5, 5:32 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
532 PM CDT SAT MAY 05 2007

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

0528 PM     TORNADO          2 S CROFTON             42.70N 97.50W
05/05/2007                   KNOX               NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KLISH

Local storm report, May 5, 5:38 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 05 2007

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

0527 PM     HAIL             BLOOMFIELD              42.60N 97.65W
05/05/2007  M4.25 INCH       KNOX               NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE.

&&

MILLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pawnee	18 min
May 5, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Platte	44 min
May 5, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	34 min
May 5, 9:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt	27 min
May 5, 11:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Platte	28 min
May 5, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone, Madison	41 min
May 5, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pierce	38 min
May 5, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Knox	37 min
May 5, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox	21 min
May 5, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone	28 min
May 5, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Knox	45 min
May 5, 3:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more	32 hr
May 5, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone	30 min
May 5, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope	47 min
May 5, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Knox	20 min
May 5, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson	46 min
May 5, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pierce	29 min
May 5, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Pierce	24 min
May 5, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saline	51 min
May 5, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Knox	39 min
May 5, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Pierce	16 min
May 5, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Knox	55 min
May 5, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Platte	38 min
May 5, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Saline	33 min
May 5, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Seward	53 min
May 5, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	56 min
May 5, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saline	22 min
May 5, 5:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saline	3 hr
May 5, 6:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	3 hr
May 5, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	33 min
May 5, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Washington	44 min
May 5, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	37 min
May 5, 10:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	31 min
May 5, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont	23 min
May 5, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills	24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.