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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Omaha, NE

June 27, 2008Gage County, Nebraska

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 26, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1001 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone40 min
Jun 27, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson, Saline42 min
Jun 27, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington50 min
Jun 27, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, Washington43 min
Jun 27, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Otoe, Sarpy42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.