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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE

June 22, 20105 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this high wind warning at Jun 22, 2010, 2:15 AM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 55 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 22, 2010, 2:15 AM CDT (07:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2010, 3:10 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

Counties Butler County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Saline County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 241 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2010-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3501 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2010-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
14.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:22 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:27 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:42 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
142 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

NEZ017-031-220715-
MADISON NE-PIERCE NE-
142 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN PIERCE AND MADISON COUNTIES
UNTIL 215 AM CDT...

AT 137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF NEWMAN GROVE...OR 21 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NORFOLK...
  MEADOW GROVE...
  BATTLE CREEK...
  HADAR...
  PIERCE...
  TILDEN...
  WILLOW CREEK STATE RECREATION AREA...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

MAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:58 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
158 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

NEZ031-032-042-043-220730-
COLFAX NE-MADISON NE-PLATTE NE-STANTON NE-
158 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN STANTON...EASTERN
PLATTE...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 230
AM CDT...

AT 156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRESTON...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CRESTON...
  MADISON...
  LEIGH...
  CLARKSON...
  9 MILES NORTH OF SCHUYLER...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF STANTON...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

MAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:11 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
211 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

IAZ055-220745-
HARRISON IA-
211 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR HARRISON COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM CDT...

AT 206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MISSOURI VALLEY...OR 23 MILES NORTH OF
OMAHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LOGAN...
  PERSIA...
  MAGNOLIA...
  WOODBINE...
  DUNLAP...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

MAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:15 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
215 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

NEZ017-018-031-032-220745-
MADISON NE-PIERCE NE-STANTON NE-WAYNE NE-
215 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN STANTON...WAYNE...
SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE AND NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM
CDT...

AT 210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HADAR...
  HOSKINS...
  WINSIDE...
  CARROLL...
  WAYNE...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNE...
  SHOLES...

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

MAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 1:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXBoone, Platte6 hr
Jun 22, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXDodge3 days
Jun 22, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXDouglas24 hr
Jun 22, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXDodge38 hr
Jun 22, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXPlatte19 hr
Jun 22, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXGage23 hr
Jun 22, 12:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXSaunders18 hr
Jun 22, 12:58 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOAXDodge36 hr
Jun 22, 2:59 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOAXSeward36 hr
Jun 22, 3:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more12 hr
Jun 22, 3:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXHarrison3 hr
Jun 22, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXMontgomery16 hr
Jun 22, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXPottawattamie16 hr
Jun 22, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOAXFremont16 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2010Every high wind warning in 2010

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.