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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2009, 7:38 AM CDT for Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 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 7, 2009, 7:38 AM CDT (12:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2009, 8:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pottawattamie County, IA
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 7, 3:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 313 AM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009 .DISCUSSION... SHORT AFD DUE TO ACTIVE WX THIS MORNING. POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING THIS EVENING IS THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE NEAR TERM. MUCAPES AROUND 4000J/KG WITH ESHR VALUES 60-70KTS ONCE AGAIN POINTING TO PROBABLE SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS EARLY EVENING. PROGGED MLLFC HGTS APPEAR TO BE MORE FAVORABLE FOR POSSIBLE TOR DEVELOPMENT AS OPPOSED TO LAST NIGHT. ALSO ENHANCING SEVERE ACTIVITY IS S/W ENERGY EJECTING OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN WITH BEST DYNAMIC FORCING REACHING ERN NEB BY 00Z MON. AFTN TS INITIATION OF COURSE WILL BE DICTATED BY BNDRY POSITION. BEST GUESS USING NAM/GFS COMPROMISE OF BNDRY LYR MOIST CONVG/2-D QN FORCING PUTS CONVECTION FIRING SOMEWHERE FROM NERN NEB TO NCNTRL KS. EXPECT STORMS WILL ADVANCE EWD QUICKLY THRU THE EVENING ALONG STRENGTHENING COLD FRONT AS ATTENDANT SFC LOW LIFTS OUT OF KS AND INTO IA BY 12Z MON. FOR MONDAY NIGHT BOTH THE NAM/GFS SHOW WEDGE OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY THRU KS AND UP INTO WRN NEB. HOWEVER WILL HOLD OFF ADDING SMALL POPS OVER THE WRN CWA SINCE POTENTIAL FOR TS DEVELOPMENT IS FAR ENOUGH WEST OF THE CWA. NEXT TS CHANCES COME TUESDAY NIGHT AND WED AS ANOTHER SFC BNDRY SETS UP INVOF THE CWA. && .AVIATION... FOR TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK FORECAST VALID THROUGH 08/06Z. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE KLNK AND KOMA SITES THROUGH 09Z...RELEGATING CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES TO IFR CONDITIONS...AND BRINGING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF GUSTY WINDS. AFTER 09Z...THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN AT ALL SITES THROUGH THE MID MORNING...KEEPING FLIGHT CATEGORIES BETWEEN IFR AND MVFR AT ALL SITES. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO RETURN BEGINNING 12Z AT KLNK...15Z AT KOMA...AND 16Z AT KOFK AND PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW...WITH INCREASING WINDS LATE IN THE PERIOD DUE TO ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING NORTH INTO THE REGION SUNDAY...TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS...HAVE INTRODUCED TSRA TO KLNK AT 22Z. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && DEE/KURTZ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 356 AM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-071700- 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- 356 AM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVER THE OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT PROBABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. HOWEVER...AMPLE WIND SHEAR COUPLED WITH STOUT ENVIRONMENTAL INSTABILITY FOCUSED OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA SUGGESTS POSSIBLE TORNADIC ACTIVITY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...PARTICULARLY FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR. DEE
In the hours before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 7, 6:38 AM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
638 AM CDT SUN JUN 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0252 AM TSTM WND GST 4 NW BEAVER CROSSING 40.82N 97.34W
06/06/2009 M58 MPH SEWARD NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KERNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Saline | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Pawnee | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Saline, Seward | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Otoe | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Thurston, Wayne | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming, Thurston | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Knox | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Johnson, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pawnee, Richardson | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Richardson | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.