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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Omaha, NE

May 27, 2014Cass County, Nebraska

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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 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
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass40 min
May 27, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMills45 min
May 27, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXFremont38 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.