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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2014, 7:36 PM CDT for Cass County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
- May 27, 2014, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cass County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 375 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 27, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 619 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 255 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PUSH EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK DISTURBANCE HAD MOVED OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS BROUGHT AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN TO OUR NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES BUT IT HAS SINCE FIZZLED OUT THIS AFTERNOON. THERE DOES APPEAR TO STILL BE A VERY WEAK BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND INTO WESTERN IOWA. NEAR TERM MODELS ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME WITH THE EVENING FORECAST SO CONFIDENCE INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD IS FAIRLY LOW. A WEAK COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MAY DRIFT SOUTH OVERNIGHT BRINGING SOME TSTMS INTO OUR NORTHERN CWA. AN ELONGATED PIECE OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA COULD PROVIDE SOME FORCING FOR ASCENT FOR SCATTERED TSTM DEVELOPMENT. THE MORNING HOURS SHOULD REMAIN DRY WITH SOME AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE OVER OUR FAR SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY DROPS SOUTH. OTHERWISE...MUCH OF THURSDAY LOOKS DRY WITH UPPER RIDGE AXIS PASSING OVERHEAD. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 255 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ONCE THE ABOVE MENTIONED UPPER LOW IS OVER LOUISIANA THURSDAY NIGHT...IT IS PROGGED TO RETROGRADE BACK TO THE WEST INTO TEXAS. THIS WILL ALLOW DEEPER MOISTURE TO REMAIN OVER OUR AREA...WHILE UPPER FLOW BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY OVER THE WESTERN STATES. THIS SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL SEND SEVERAL PIECE OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY TOWARD THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD CONTINUOUS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT EXPECTED...THERE DOES REMAIN A CHANCE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. OVERALL...HIGHS WILL ALL BE IN THE 80S WITH LOWS IN THE 60S. && .AVIATION...(00Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.) ISSUED AT 612 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 RADAR MOSAIC CURRENTLY SHOWING ISOLD TS CELLS POPPING UP OVER ERN NEB WITHIN AREA OF MODERATE ENVIRONMENTAL INSTABILITY. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO SUBSIDE THOUGH THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AS ENVIRONMENT BECOMES MORE STABLE. OTHERWISE VFR COND WILL PREVAIL THRU THE FCST PD. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...KERN LONG TERM...KERN AVIATION...DEE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 426 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-281130- 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- 426 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 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 WEDNESDAY ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT IS UNLIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL COME THIS WEEKEND AS WELL AS EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:00 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 700 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 IAZ069-079-NEZ053-067-280045- MILLS IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-CASS NE-SARPY NE- 700 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 659 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BELLEVUE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTHERN COUNCIL BLUFFS...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...PLATTSMOUTH... GLENWOOD...PACIFIC JUNCTION...MURRAY AND OFFUTT AFB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OMAHA. && LAT...LON 4115 9604 4120 9583 4096 9566 4089 9594 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 338DEG 18KT 4115 9590 DEE
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:20 PM CDT, 16 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 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass | 40 min |
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 45 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 38 min |
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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.