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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Omaha, NE

June 4, 2014Gage County, Pawnee County, Richardson County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2014, 1:13 AM CDT for Gage County, Pawnee County, Richardson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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 4, 2014, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gage County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 4, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 1643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 10.0

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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 4, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:13 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:44 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:57 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Dodge, Washington	6 hr
Jun 3, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders	33 min
Jun 3, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders	37 min
Jun 3, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler	28 min
Jun 3, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe, Sarpy	39 min
Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster, Saunders	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cuming, Dodge, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Thurston	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Platte, Seward	26 min
Jun 3, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward	34 min
Jun 3, 8:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Colfax, Madison, Stanton	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	39 min
Jun 3, 8:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 14 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward	45 min
Jun 3, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha	24 min
Jun 3, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline	43 min
Jun 3, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Boone, Madison	26 min
Jun 3, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe	34 min
Jun 3, 9:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	6 hr
Jun 3, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Pawnee	32 min
Jun 3, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson	46 min
Jun 3, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Pawnee, Richardson	33 min
Jun 3, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Butler	26 min
Jun 3, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pawnee, Richardson	32 min
Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Richardson	4 days
Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	4 days
Jun 3, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Sarpy, Saunders	26 min
Jun 3, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saline, Seward	52 min
Jun 3, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saline	40 min
Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Saline	35 min
Jun 4, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson, Saline	26 min
Jun 4, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee	49 min
Jun 4, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	31 min
Jun 4, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saline, Seward	24 min
Jun 4, 12:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	3 hr
Jun 4, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Pawnee	29 min
Jun 4, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Saline	50 min
Jun 4, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pawnee	44 min
Jun 4, 4:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Butler	5 hr
Jun 4, 6:03 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OAX	Saunders	25 hr
Jun 4, 6:03 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OAX	Cass	25 hr
Jun 4, 6:03 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OAX	Saunders	25 hr
Jun 4, 8:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Lancaster	5 hr
Jun 4, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	22 hr
Jun 4, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Saunders	5 hr
Jun 4, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	31 hr
Jun 3, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	46 min
Jun 3, 7:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	6 hr
Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	19 min
Jun 3, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	47 min
Jun 3, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	41 min
Jun 3, 9:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Mills, Montgomery, Page	3 hr
Jun 3, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Page	21 min
Jun 3, 9:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Page	5 hr
Jun 3, 10:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	9 hr
Jun 3, 10:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	36 hr
Jun 3, 10:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	52 hr
Jun 3, 10:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Montgomery	47 hr
Jun 4, 12:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Page	25 hr
Jun 4, 3:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	3 days
Jun 4, 7:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Mills	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.