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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Omaha, NE

June 3, 2014Fremont County, Page County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2014, 3:17 PM CDT for Fremont County, Page County, Iowa. It was in force for 28 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 3, 2014, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Fremont County, IA, Page County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 3, 1:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 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 Jun 3, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 11:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1130 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-040630-
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-
1130 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
PARTS OF WESTERN IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. LONG TRACK TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
AS A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

LARGE HAIL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN ALSO EXPECTED. THESE STORMS COULD MOVE TOWARD EAST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON...A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM NEAR LINCOLN TOWARD FAR SOUTHWEST
IOWA. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND
NORTH OF THIS FRONT AND QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD INITIALLY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS...AND EVENTUALLY DEVELOP INTO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS
LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE
HAIL...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY TONIGHT WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE SOME STREAM AND RIVER
FLOODING LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WHILE THERE ARE OFF AND ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...SATURDAY WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE FOR POTENTIALLY
SEVERE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS OVER ALL OF THE REGION SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

CHERMOK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:49 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:52 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
252 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     HAIL             2 SE NORFOLK            42.01N 97.39W
06/03/2014  E2.50 INCH       MADISON            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0245 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 SE NORFOLK            42.01N 97.39W
06/03/2014  E70 MPH          MADISON            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DEE

Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:53 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
253 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0249 PM     HAIL             5 E NORFOLK             42.03N 97.32W
06/03/2014  M2.75 INCH       STANTON            NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

PEARSON

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:03 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
303 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0258 PM     HAIL             STANTON                 41.95N 97.22W
06/03/2014  E2.75 INCH       STANTON            NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

0258 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STANTON                 41.95N 97.22W
06/03/2014                   STANTON            NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE

&&

DEE

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
312 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0307 PM     HAIL             PILGER                  42.01N 97.05W
06/03/2014  E1.75 INCH       STANTON            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DEE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 3:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax and 14 more	23 hr
Jun 3, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Knox, Pierce	36 min
Jun 3, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Wayne	36 min
Jun 3, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	27 min
Jun 3, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Madison, Stanton, Thurston and 1 more	34 min
Jun 3, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Knox	29 min
Jun 3, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Thurston, Washington	36 min
Jun 3, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Knox	34 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Douglas, Washington	42 min
Jun 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Knox	3 hr
Jun 3, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Washington	27 min
Jun 3, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Washington	49 min
Jun 3, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Saunders	26 min
Jun 3, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison	31 min
Jun 3, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone	29 min
Jun 3, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington	27 min
Jun 3, 5:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Dodge, Saunders	3 hr
Jun 3, 5:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Washington	5 hr
Jun 3, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Washington	32 min
Jun 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone, Platte	31 min
Jun 3, 6:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	6 hr
Jun 3, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Platte	32 min
Jun 3, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy, Washington	30 min
Jun 3, 6:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge, Washington	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope	32 min
Jun 3, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Platte, Saunders	40 min
Jun 3, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy	31 min
Jun 3, 6:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Madison	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Platte	6 hr
Jun 3, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce	35 min
Jun 3, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Fremont	41 min
Jun 3, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Page	33 min
Jun 3, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie	34 min
Jun 3, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	30 min
Jun 3, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	32 min
Jun 3, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills, Montgomery	42 min
Jun 3, 5:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Pottawattamie	5 hr
Jun 3, 5:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	6 hr
Jun 3, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Pottawattamie	35 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass	30 min
Jun 3, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	39 min
Jun 3, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Pottawattamie, Shelby	6 hr
Jun 3, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Page	47 min
Jun 3, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.