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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2013, 10:04 PM CDT for Knox County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2013, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Knox County, NE
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 3377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 16.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at May 26, 6:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 615 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013 .AVIATION... 00Z TAFS FOR KOMA...KLNK...KOFK. UNCERTAINTY IN REGARDS TO TSRA IS THE PRIMARY AVIATION FORECAST ISSUE. IFR CEILINGS CONTINUED ALL DAY AT KOFK BUT MAY LIFT A BIT YET THIS EVENING...BEFORE GOING DOWN AGAIN OVERNIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR AT KOMA AND KLNK THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN DROP AFTER 06Z. MODELS ARE QUITE VARIABLE WITH TSRA DEVELOPMENT...AND TENDED TO JUST HAVE A PROB30 GROUP FOR KOMA AND KLNK AFTER 09Z. WILL AMEND TAFS IF STORMS DEVELOP BEFORE THAT. TSRA COULD AFFECT KOFK A BIT EARLIER...BY AROUND OR BEFORE 05Z. WILL MONITOR THINGS THROUGH THE EVENING TO SEE IF CONVECTIVE TRENDS BECOME MORE CLEAR. CEILINGS AND VSBYS SHOULD IMPROVE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY AT KOMA AND KLNK. MILLER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 249 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013/ DISCUSSION... VERY ACTIVE WEEK ON TAP OVER THE CNTRL PLAINS WITH POTENTIAL SVR ACTIVITY ALONG WITH PROLONGED/EXCESSIVE PCPN. MORNING PRECIP WATER PLOTS WERE SHOWING AMPLE GULF MOISTURE IN PLACE WITH VALUES ROUGHLY 150% OF NORM. LATEST MESOSCALE ANALYSIS INDICATING STOUT MOISTURE STILL STREAMING INTO THE REGION...AND MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS INFLUX OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE THRU AT LEAST MIDWEEK...GUARANTEEING ENVIRONMENTAL MOISTURE CONTENT WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH. AS A MATTER OF FACT...THE GFS IS SUGGESTING TOTAL PCPN AMOUNTS REACHING 400% OF NORM OVER IA BY NEXT SUNDAY GIVEN SUSTAINED PCPN EFFICIENCY. MEANWHILE...MODELS ARE AGAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT LARGE SCALE FLOW THRU THIS WEEK WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION FROM A LARGE CLOSED LOW CURRENTLY SITTING OVER THE PAC NW TO A RATHER IMPRESSIVE DEEP ELONGATED LONGWAVE TROF WITH THE AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE ALASKAN GULF TO THE SRN TIP OF TX. HEADING INTO NEXT WEEKEND THEN...MODELS PROG THE WRN CONUS TROF BECOMING MORE BROAD IN NATURE WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. FOR TONIGHT...STOUT 310K ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE IS THE DRIVING FORCE FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. LIFT WILL BE FURTHER ENHANCED VIA UPPER DIVG ASSOCIATED WITH RRQ OF JET MAX. MODELS ADVERTISE ENVIRONMENTAL INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN HIGH OVERNIGHT WITH THE AXIS FOCUSED WEST OF THE CWA WITHIN AREA OF BEST DEEP LYR SHEAR/MUCAPES. LATEST HRRR INITIATES CONVECTION THIS EVEN INVOF THE INSTABILITY AXIS...THEN GRADUALLY PUSHES IT EWD OVERNIGHT. AT THIS POINT CANNOT DISCOUNT A FEW STORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND/OR STRONG WIND GUSTS. AS FOR SVR POTENTIAL...SPC CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK KEEPS THE CWA IN THE SLGT RISK THRU DAY 3. LOOKING AT MONDAY AFTN/EVENING...FAVORABLE CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE FOCUS INVOF THE SRN CWA ALONG A WARM FRONT EXTENDING ALONG THE NEB/KS BORDER. COMBINATION OF DEEP LYR SHEAR/EFFECTIVE SRH/MLCAPE/ML LCL SUGGEST AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR 2 WILL BE POSSIBLE. TUES AFTN/EVENING THEN...SVR POTENTIAL REMAINS FOCUSED OVER THE SRN CWA ALONG A SFC BNDRY ALONG THE NEB/KS BORDER. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL QUITE SIMILAR WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR 2. IN REGARDS TO POPS THE REST OF THIS WEEK...AM COMPELLED TO MAINTAIN PCPN CHANCES THRU THE MAJORITY OF THE FCST PERIOD GIVEN MODELS ADVERTISING PERSISTENT FORCING VIA UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE...SERIES OF VORT IMPULSES...ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE...MEANDERING SFC BOUNDARIES...AS WELL AS GENEROUS MOISTURE TO TAP INTO. DEE && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 431 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-271145- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 431 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP TONIGHT. UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH A CONTINUING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM SOUTHWEST IOWA INTO NORTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL ATTEMPT TO LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY IN EASTERN NEBRASKA OR SOUTHWEST IOWA...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS MORE LIKELY OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AS A LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL LIKELY SET UP ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA...BUT OTHER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FAVOR THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS STRONGER WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES AT MID LEVELS OVERSPREAD THE REGION. EXACT TIMING OF THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OUTLINED WITH LATER OUTLOOKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. FOBERT
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
820 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL 7 NNE STANTON 41.07N 95.05W
05/26/2013 E1.25 INCH MONTGOMERY IA PUBLIC
&&
JRBLocal storm report, May 26, 9:58 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 52 min |
| May 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 33 min |
| May 26, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope | 43 min |
| May 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope | 31 min |
| May 26, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Pierce | 33 min |
| May 26, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Cedar, Knox, Madison, Pierce and 3 more | 32 min |
| May 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Colfax, Madison, Pierce, Platte, Stanton and 1 more | 30 min |
| May 27, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Platte and 3 more | 51 min |
| May 27, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Butler, Cuming, Dodge, Saunders | 35 min |
| May 27, 1:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, Washington | 37 min |
| May 27, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Cass, Lancaster, Otoe | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 57 min |
| May 27, 4:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 113 min |
| May 27, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Boone, Platte | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Otoe | 4 days |
| May 27, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 5 days |
| May 27, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Richardson | 6 days |
| May 26, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| May 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 27, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 27, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 30 min |
| May 27, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 46 min |
| May 27, 4:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 113 min |
| May 27, 3:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Shelby | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.