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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Omaha, NE

April 13, 20144 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2014, 7:18 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 13, 2014, 7:18 AM CDT (12:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Saline County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 Apr 13, 6:25 AM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 6:25 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 1:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 13, 3:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson30 min
Apr 12, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson36 min
Apr 12, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPawnee, Richardson47 min
Apr 13, 1:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXNemaha49 min
Apr 13, 7:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline42 min
Apr 13, 7:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXLancaster46 min
Apr 13, 7:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe48 min
Apr 13, 7:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline37 min
Apr 13, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Otoe25 min
Apr 13, 9:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass36 min
Apr 13, 9:19 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax and 22 more12 hr
Apr 13, 9:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSeward24 min
Apr 13, 9:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDouglas, Sarpy46 min
Apr 13, 10:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXDouglas, Sarpy52 min
Apr 13, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaunders43 min
Apr 13, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline, Seward35 min
Apr 13, 1:54 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge and 7 more5 hr
Apr 12, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXFremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page46 min
Apr 12, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie47 min
Apr 12, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery47 min
Apr 12, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie31 min
Apr 12, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby44 min
Apr 12, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery33 min
Apr 12, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXShelby42 min
Apr 12, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby38 min
Apr 12, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPage49 min
Apr 12, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPage45 min
Apr 13, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPottawattamie26 min
Apr 13, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMills46 min
Apr 13, 9:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPottawattamie31 min

Nearby

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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.