Tornado Warning 15, NWS Omaha, NE

893 
WWUS53 KOAX 211945
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
245 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

NEC023-037-053-155-212000-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110521T2000Z/
BUTLER NE-COLFAX NE-DODGE NE-SAUNDERS NE-
245 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN SAUNDERS...
DODGE...EAST CENTRAL COLFAX AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES
UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 241 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH BEND...OR 24 MILES
EAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 240 PM NUMEROUS REPORTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED THAT THE TORNADO HAD 
GONE BACK UP INTO THE PARENT CLOUD...BUT THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS 
STORM AND IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU SHOULD MOVE TO 
SHELTER.  

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH BEND AROUND 300 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE MORSE BLUFF AND 7
MILES NORTH OF NORTH BEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4131 9684 4146 9702 4168 9680 4167 9654
      4149 9649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 225DEG 20KT 4142 9688

$$

MEYER

298 
WWUS53 KOAX 211951
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
251 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

NEC023-037-053-155-212000-
/O.CAN.KOAX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110521T2000Z/
BUTLER NE-COLFAX NE-DODGE NE-SAUNDERS NE-
251 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SAUNDERS...DODGE...EAST
CENTRAL COLFAX AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS STORM DID PRODUCE A FUNNEL CLOUD EARLIER THAT REACHED ABOUT
HALF WAY TO THE GROUND.  NO TOUCHDOWNS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 

LAT...LON 4131 9684 4146 9702 4168 9680 4167 9654
      4149 9649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 198DEG 26KT 4149 9688

$$

MILLER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
212 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM IS POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED A CLOSED MID TROPOSPHERIC LOW
SPINNING OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVERAL IMPULSES WERE ROTATING
AROUND THE MAIN LOW. SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWED A
FAIRLY COMPLEX PATTERN. A 996 LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS OVER EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WITH AN OCCLUDED FRONT CURVING EAST AND THEN
SOUTH OF THE LOW INTO ANOTHER LOW OVER WESTERN KANSAS. DEWPOINTS IN
THE LOCAL AREA WERE MOSTLY IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S...WITH SOME DRIER
AIR LOCATED TO THE WEST IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. 12Z OAX SOUNDING SHOWED
A FAIRLY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATE. LAPS DATA SHOWED VERY LITTLE
CONVECTIVE INHIBITION WITH 500 METER MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES MOSTLY
FROM 1500 TO 2200 J/KG. EXPECT SCATTERED STORMS TO INITIATE OVER OUR
AREA AND THEN TRACK EAST OR NORTHEAST OUT OF OUR AREA. SOME SEVERE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN RISK.

OTHERWISE...EXPECT COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION TO DECREASE AFTER 1 AM
TONIGHT AND ONLY HAVE LOW POPS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. SLIGHTLY DRIER
AIR SHOULD WORK INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AS WINDS TURN TO SOUTHWEST.
HAVE LOWS MOSTLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 50S...WITH SOME LOWER 50S WEST
OF HIGHWAY 81.

SUNDAY...500 MB LOW SHOULD TRACK FROM SOUTH DAKOTA INTO MINNESOTA
AND IT APPEARS OUR AREA WILL NOT BE QUITE AS ACTIVE. LAPSE RATES DO
NOT LOOK AS STEEP AND 850 MB DEWPOINTS SHOULD GENERALLY BE LOWER.
DID HOLD ONTO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE HIGHER TO OUR NORTH...
EAST AND SOUTH.

REALLY DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES FARTHER OUT...SINCE PREVIOUS GRIDS
LOOKED GOOD. GFS SEEMED TO BE THE ODD MODEL OUT IN REGARDS TO THE
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. IN GENERAL...WENT CLOSER TO THE WETTER SOLUTION SUGGESTED
BY THE 00Z ECMWF. DID ADJUST RAIN CHANCES A BIT FOR WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...SINCE SYSTEM APPEARS SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. CONFIDENCE
ON DETAILS BEYOND WEDNESDAY IS NOT VERY HIGH...WITH DIVERGING MODEL
SOLUTIONS. 00Z ECMWF HAD A MUCH STRONG 500 MB RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES
COMPARED TO THE 12Z GFS.

&&

.AVIATION...

TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK

18Z TAFS

TIGHTLY WOUND UPPER LOW VERY EVIDENT ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS
AFTERNOON.  THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH MAINLY MID LEVEL
CLOUDS AND LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY INTO THE KOFK REGION THROUGH 21Z.
AFTER 21Z LOOK FOR CB DEVELOPMENT EVENTUALLY EVOLVING INTO
THUNDERSTORMS.  ALL THREE TAF SITES WILL LIKELY HAVE THUNDERSTORMS
IN VICINITY BETWEEN 21Z AND 02Z PRODUCING ISOLATED MVFR AND IFR
CONDITIONS.

&&

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

DISCUSSION...MILLER
AVIATION...MEYER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1134 AM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

IAZ043-055-056-069-080-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-
050>053-065-066-078-088>090-092-220645-
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-
1134 AM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PULL MOISTURE NORTH AHEAD OF A WEAK
COLD FRONT IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING
INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION WILL
PROVIDE STRONG INSTABILITY ALONG WITH MODERATE SHEAR TO TRIGGER
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT. STORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO
FORM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM AROUND NELIGH TO FAIRBURY...THEN
MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA FROM
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY IN FAR NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...AS WELL AS FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
THEN THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA OFF AND ON MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
HOWEVER THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW SUNDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IAZ079-090-NEZ067-068-091-093-220645-
MILLS-FREMONT-CASS-OTOE-NEMAHA-RICHARDSON-
1134 AM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PULL MOISTURE NORTH AHEAD OF A WEAK
COLD FRONT IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING
INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION WILL
PROVIDE STRONG INSTABILITY ALONG WITH MODERATE SHEAR TO TRIGGER
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
FORM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM AROUND NELIGH TO FAIRBURY...THEN
MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA FROM
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE
EVENING.

DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS THE PAST FEW DAYS...MODERATE
FLOODING IS NOW FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM
AROUND BROWNVILLE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH RULO. MINOR FLOODING OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER WILL CONTINUE FROM AROUND PLATTSMOUTH TO NORTH OF
BROWNVILLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. THEN THERE IS A
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OFF AND ON MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
HOWEVER THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW DURING THIS
TIME.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY EXACERBATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM PLATTSMOUTH DOWNSTREAM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MEYER