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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 12:28 AM CDT for Gage County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2008, 12:28 AM CDT (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 12:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gage County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1001 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KOAX 270527 SVROAX NEC067-270615- /O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0310.080627T0528Z-080627T0615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 1228 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEATRICE... * UNTIL 115 AM CDT. * AT 1225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ODELL...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ODELL...WYMORE...BLUE SPRINGS AND BEATRICE... THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 136 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 194. THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22. 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. LAT...LON 4026 9691 4036 9645 4000 9645 3999 9691 TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 243DEG 34KT 4006 9692 $$ FOBERT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KOAX 270552 SVSOAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 1252 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 NEC067-270602- /O.CAN.KOAX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080627T0615Z/ GAGE NE- 1252 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GAGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THIS STORM HAS DECREASED IN STRENGTH...AND THE WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4026 9691 4036 9645 4000 9645 3999 9691 TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 243DEG 34KT 4016 9666 $$ FOBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Otoe, Sarpy | 42 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.