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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Omaha, NE

June 20, 2008Monona County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2008, 3:11 PM CDT for Monona County, Iowa. It was in force for 64 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
Jun 20, 2008, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Monona County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2008-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 250 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 2008-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 20, 4:09 AM CDT, 11 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 4:09 AM CDT, 11 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
409 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

.DISCUSSION...
EXPECT UNSETTLED PATTERN WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF WEAK BOUNDARIES AND
FAIRLY SUBTLE WAVES IN NW FLOW TO CONTINUE THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...AT LEAST. QPFPFD SYNOPSIS FOR DAY 1 COVERS THE SITUATION
WELL...AND CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH. HOWEVER...EMPHASIS FOR TIMING
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY NIGHT WITH SFC
HEATING THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR.  LOW LVL JET WILL NOT BE A BIG FACTOR.
DECENT LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND COOL TEMPS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
PLAY A ROLE. WV IMAGERY AND 7H ANALYSIS BOTH SUGGEST A CONTINUED
STREAM OF SUBTROP MID LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE REGION FOR A WHILE.

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A WEAK SFC FRONT MAY HELP ORGANIZE
TSTMS AS IT HEADS SOUTH INTO THE AREA.  HOWEVER...EXPECT A WAVE
NOW IN THE HIGH PLAINS TO BE AT LEAST AS IMPORTANT. THIS CONTINUES
TO SUPPORT TSTMS FROM WRN NEBRASKA TO CNTRL SD DESPITE THE TIME OF NIGHT.
IT WILL DRIFT EAST INTO OUR AREA BY LATE IN THE AFTN.

SAW LESS OF A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION SATURDAY AFTN AND NGT...BUT
NAM KEEPS THE WEAK SFC BOUNDARY IN THE AREA. GFS IN PARTICULAR IS
STRONG WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...BUT NAM ALSO SHOWS SOME
RETURN DURING THE EVE.  STILL WORTH CHC CATEGORY POPS.

MODELS SUGGEST SOME DRYING SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS MOISTURE GETS
PUSHED BACK INTO THE WESTERN PLAINS. THIS MOISTURE MAY BEGIN
RETURNING MON NIGHT...AND IS LIKELY ON TUE. ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO
PREV FORECAST HERE.

TEMPS WILL DEPEND ON DAYTIME SKY COVER...AND SHOULD RUN NEAR
SEASONAL NORMS.  AGAIN...NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO PREV FORECAST.

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR TAF SITES KOMA...KLNK AND KOFK...THROUGH 21/06Z.

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY WITH A SCT-BKN
MID CLOUDS PRESENT. ANOTHER CHANCE OF CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE AFTER
00Z AND SO HAVE INCLUDED A PROB30 GROUP TO COVER FOR THIS. WINDS
SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE DAY.

BG
&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

POLLACK/GRIFFIS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 11:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1133 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-210645-
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-
1133 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EVENING. SOME ISOLATED STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM AROUND
BROWNVILLE TO RULO THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN MONDAY NIGHT INTO MIDWEEK. ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING...WITH MORE SEVERE
STORMS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING.

69

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXDouglas, Sarpy2 hr
Jun 19, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Otoe, Sarpy29 min
Jun 19, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Otoe33 min
Jun 19, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha23 min
Jun 19, 8:08 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXOtoe2 hr
Jun 19, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Thurston59 min
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson54 min
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXNemaha3 hr
Jun 19, 9:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXMadison12 hr
Jun 19, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson34 min
Jun 20, 2:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXRichardson32 hr
Jun 20, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders37 min
Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe50 min
Jun 20, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders20 min
Jun 20, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Otoe, Pawnee27 min
Jun 20, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Otoe, Pawnee56 min
Jun 20, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMonona40 min
Jun 20, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby43 min
Jun 20, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie45 min
Jun 20, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie, Shelby23 min
Jun 20, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie29 min
Jun 20, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie37 min
Jun 20, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.