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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Omaha, NE

May 12, 2011Butler County, Lancaster County, Seward County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2011, 7:23 PM CDT for Butler County, Lancaster County, Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2011, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Butler County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 12, 7:38 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Sw Malcolm, NE
May 12, 7:58 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 S Seward, NE
May 12, 8:04 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Seward, NE
May 12, 8:06 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Seward, NE
May 12, 8:12 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Surprise, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 41 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 12, 2:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

045 
WUUS53 KOAX 130023
SVROAX
NEC023-109-159-130115-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0055.110513T0023Z-110513T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
723 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...
  NORTHERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLEASANT DALE...OR 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GARLAND...SEWARD...BEE...DWIGHT...STAPLEHURST...ULYSSES...RISING
  CITY...DAVID CITY...MALCOLM...BRANCHED OAK STATE RECREATION AREA...
  TAMORA...GARRISON AND SURPRISE.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 388 AND 395.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
409 AND 423.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADS...SO DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 9737 4128 9710 4107 9691 4105 9691
      4105 9688 4087 9672 4079 9688 4093 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 132DEG 25KT 4088 9687
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

MAYES

3 follow-up statements

466 
WWUS53 KOAX 130034
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
734 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

NEC023-109-159-130115-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110513T0115Z/
BUTLER NE-LANCASTER NE-SEWARD NE-
734 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER AND SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL
815 PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PLEASANT DALE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GARLAND...BEE...SEWARD...DWIGHT...STAPLEHURST...ULYSSES...DAVID
  CITY...RISING CITY...MALCOLM...BRANCHED OAK STATE RECREATION
  AREA...GARRISON AND SURPRISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN CAN FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

&&

LAT...LON 4105 9691 4091 9677 4081 9686 4093 9737
      4124 9737 4128 9710 4107 9691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 136DEG 13KT 4087 9688
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

MAYES

888 
WWUS53 KOAX 130047
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
747 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

NEC023-109-159-130115-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110513T0115Z/
BUTLER NE-LANCASTER NE-SEWARD NE-
747 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER AND SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL
815 PM CDT...

AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARLAND...OR 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GARLAND...SEWARD...BEE...DWIGHT...STAPLEHURST...ULYSSES...DAVID
  CITY...RISING CITY...BRANCHED OAK STATE RECREATION AREA...GARRISON
  AND SURPRISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAIN CAN FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4105 9691 4091 9677 4081 9686 4093 9737
      4124 9737 4128 9710 4107 9691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 136DEG 13KT 4090 9692
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

MAYES

024 
WWUS53 KOAX 130105
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
805 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

NEC023-109-159-130115-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110513T0115Z/
BUTLER NE-LANCASTER NE-SEWARD NE-
805 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER AND SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL
815 PM CDT...

AT 803 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SEWARD.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR SEWARD...OR 20 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHWEST 
AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEWARD...BEE...STAPLEHURST...ULYSSES...DWIGHT AND SURPRISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

&&

LAT...LON 4107 9691 4105 9691 4093 9679 4084 9700
      4093 9737 4118 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 122DEG 19KT 4092 9706
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

MAYES

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 May 12, 2:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 2:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
246 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

.DISCUSSION...

ONE MORE ACTIVE EVENING THEN PATTERN FLIPS BACK TO WHAT IT WAS
OVER THE LATTER HALF OF APRIL/EARLY MAY...COOL.

FOR TONIGHT...CURRENT WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED UPPER
LOW PIVOT POINT NEAR MCK AT 19Z. PRIOR TO THAT TIME SHOWER/ANY
CONVECTION WAS TIED MORE CLOSELY TO THE UPPER LOW ALTHOUGH THAT
WILL BE CHANGING INTO EVENING. CONVECTION SHOULD BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD NEAR DRY LINE FROM SCNTRL NEBRASKA INTO KS WHICH WAS
PUNCHING UP TOWARD SERN NEBRASKA...AND ALSO POSSIBLY NEAR
BOUNDARY IN NERN NEBRASKA. WITH ACTIVITY LIKELY INCREASING ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA PER 4KM WRF...CATEGORICAL POPS APPEAR IN ORDER
THIS EVENING DECREASING SOME AFTER 06Z AS STRONGEST CONVECTION
EITHER WEAKENS OR MOVES OUT BY THAT TIME. BESIDES LARGE HAIL
THREAT WITH LOW FREEZING LEVEL PER 18Z OAX SOUNDING...TORNADO
THREAT EXISTS AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR NEAR BOUNDARIES IS DECENT. LTL/NO
CHANGES TO MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST AND
MAV/MET BLEND ACCEPTED.

UPPED POPS FIRST HALF OF FRIDAY AS UPPER LOW APPEARS IT WILL BE A
BIT SLOWER TO DEPART. OTHERWISE...A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF CLOUDS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES MUCH BELOW NORMAL.
LOWERED HIGHS A BIT FRIDAY/SATURDAY AS THERE WAS STILL A STRONG
SIGNAL THAT A LOT OF LOW CLOUDS COULD LINGER IN NWRLY FLOW.
ADDED SMALL PRECIP CHANCES SATURDAY AFTERNOON NRN ZONES AS DECENT
RUN TO RUN SUPPORT AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN GFS/ECMWF AS UPPER LOW
NOW OVER SOUTHERN CANADA BEGINS DROPPING SWD. HOW FAR SOUTHWEST
THIS PRECIP SPREADS ON SUNDAY STILL IN QUESTION...AND AT THIS TIME
KEPT IT CONFINED TO ABOUT THE ERN 2/3RDS AS FORCING BECOMES A
LITTLE MORE QUESTIONABLE SW AS UPPER LOW COULD TEND TO OPEN UP OR
SHIFT MORE SE.

MADE LITTLE CHANGES TO MON-WED PERIODS AS HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER
RIDGE SETS UP PULLING DOWN DRIER BUT STILL RELATIVELY COOL AIR.
KEPT MOST LOWS AROUND 40/LOWER 40S BUT SOME POTENTIAL FOR MID
30S/FROST SOME OF THOSE MORNINGS AND THIS COULD PROVIDE FOCUS FOR
FUTURE FORECASTS.

SOME QUESTION IN HOW MUCH ENERGY MANAGES TO UNDERCUT UPPER RIDGE
TOWARD END OF FORECAST PERIOD WITH GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN/PRIOR GFS RUNS
MORE BULLISH/FARTHER E. DECIDED TO INCLUDE SMALL PRECIP CHANCES
WED FAR SOUTHWEST AND ACROSS SW 1/2 OR SO WED NGT/THU. A SLIGHT
WARMING TREND SHOULD CONTINUE...ALTHOUGH KEPT HIGHS BELOW 70 ALL
AREAS.

&&

.AVIATION...
TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK

18Z TAFS

CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN WILL DISRUPT TAF FORECAST THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING.  IN THE MEANTIME...CLOUD DECK THIS AFTERNOON IS
FLIRTING WITH VFR/MVFR LINE...BUT WILL BECOME MVFR FOLLOWING FRONTAL
PASSAGE/THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING THROUGH OVERNIGHT.  CONVECTION
THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING MAY BRING SHORT-LIVED MVFR TO IFR VIS/CIGS AS
WELL AS BRIEF GUSTY WINDS.  HAVE LIFTED CIGS AT ALL SITES DURING THE
LATE MORNING FRIDAY AS LOW MOVES AWAY...AND KEPT GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS FROM OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING.

&&

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

CHERMOK/MAYES

Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 6:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
613 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

IAZ043-055-056-069-080-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-
050>053-065-066-078-088>090-092-131315-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MONTGOMERY-PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-
THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-
PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-PAWNEE-
613 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING
BEFORE WEAKENING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE
TORNADO THREAT IS GENERALLY BEFORE 10 PM IN NEBRASKA SOUTHEAST OF
ALBION...NORFOLK AND WAYNE AND IN WESTERN IOWA MAINLY NORTH OF
COUNCIL BLUFFS. SOME OF THE HAIL COULD BE LARGER THAN GOLFBALL-
SIZE...AGAIN MOSTLY EAST SOUTHEAST OF THOSE TOWNS. LOW PRESSURE IN
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SEVERAL BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA WERE
PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FORCING AND WIND SHEAR FOR THE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE AREA LATE
NEXT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED INTO THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY
FROM AROUND THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR SOUTHWARD.

IAZ079-090-NEZ067-068-091-093-131315-
MILLS-FREMONT-CASS-OTOE-NEMAHA-RICHARDSON-
613 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA
AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING
BEFORE WEAKENING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE PRIMARY THREATS.  HOWEVER...
THE TORNADO THREAT IS GENERALLY BEFORE 10 PM AND MAINLY IN
NEBRASKA SOUTHEAST OF ALBION...NORFOLK AND WAYNE BUT NORTHWEST OF
FALLS CITY. LOW PRESSURE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SEVERAL
BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA WERE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FORCING
AND WIND SHEAR FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER
FROM AROUND PLATTSMOUTH DOWNSTREAM THROUGH RULO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM AROUND
PLATTSMOUTH DOWNSTREAM THROUGH AROUND RULO INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD POSSIBLY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...BUT
GENERALLY WEST OR NORTHWEST OF THE AREA.

CHERMOK

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
618 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0617 PM     HAIL             1 S RODNEY              42.19N 95.95W
05/12/2011  M2.75 INCH       MONONA             IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

Local storm report, May 12, 6:28 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
628 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     HAIL             7 NW FAIRBURY           40.21N 97.27W
05/12/2011  M1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 12, 6:37 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
637 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0632 PM     HAIL             LINCOLN                 40.82N 96.69W
05/12/2011  E1.50 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR 40TH AND OLD CHENEY.

&&

Local storm report, May 12, 6:57 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
657 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     HAIL             LINCOLN                 40.82N 96.69W
05/12/2011  M1.75 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NEAR 48TH AND HIGHWAY 2.

&&

Local storm report, May 12, 7:02 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
702 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0608 PM     HAIL             5 E ST. EDWARD          41.57N 97.76W
05/12/2011  E1.00 INCH       PLATTE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.

&&

KLISH

Local storm report, May 12, 7:06 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
706 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     HAIL             7 W COLUMBUS            41.43N 97.49W
05/12/2011  E1.00 INCH       PLATTE             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

KLISH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	44 min
May 12, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders	45 min
May 12, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saunders	43 min
May 12, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	48 min
May 12, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Platte	38 min
May 12, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Seward	36 min
May 12, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Seward	33 min
May 12, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saunders	39 min
May 12, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Pawnee	52 min
May 12, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	49 min
May 12, 8:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Platte	4 hr
May 12, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward	45 min
May 12, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Saunders	23 min
May 12, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Butler, Seward	6 hr
May 12, 8:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saunders	4 hr
May 12, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders	45 min
May 12, 9:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saunders	3 hr
May 12, 10:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders	3 hr
May 12, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	39 min
May 12, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Washington	26 min
May 12, 11:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Otoe	3 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.