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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Omaha, NE

September 7, 2015Gage County, Pawnee County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT for Gage County, Pawnee County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 7, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2015, 5:22 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Gage County, NE, Pawnee County, NE

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 7, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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 Sep 7, 2:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 2:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
243 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 242 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

RAP13 IS ADVERTISING ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION LATER
TONIGHT WITH FOCUS  FOR STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-80. SPC MESO ANALYSIS
REVEALING THE ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE
PARTICULARLY ALONG THE NEB/KS BORDER WHERE AFTN HEATING/CLEAR SKY
HAS PUSHED MLCAPES ..... SO JUST A MATTER OF TIME NOW FOR CONVECTIVE
INITIATION.

FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...RAP13 IS INDICATING THE GREATEST POTENTIAL
FOR THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING TO BE REALIZED WILL BE FOUND SOUTH OF
THE I-80 CORRIDOR IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO LAST NIGHTS AXIS OF
STOUT RAINFALL ACCUM WHERE CURRENT 1HR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS
GENERALLY 1.5" TO 2". GIVEN BRUNT OF ACTIVITY WILL BE FARTHER
SOUTH...HAVE REMOVED DOUGLAS/POTTAWATTAMIE/HARRISON/SHELBY COUNTIES
FROM GOING WATCH HEADLINE.

GOOD PCPN EFFICIENCY CONSISTING OF DEEP WARM CLOUD COINCIDENT TO
LYR/LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND STOUT POOLING OF GULF MOISTURE
ALONG A STALLED BNDRY SETTING UP OVER THE SRN CWA OVERNIGHT WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO PUSHING PWS VALUES TO 2" OR SO. IN ADDITION...EXPECT
RAIN INTENSITY WILL QUICKLY INCREASE WITH ONSET OF LLVL JET. EXTREME
INSTABILITY IS PROGGED AS WELL WITH MUCAPES OF 3000-4000J/KG. GIVEN
ALL THIS...APPEARS THAT LANCASTER/CASS/OTOE COUNTIES IN
NEB...MILLS/MONTGOMERY/FREMONT/PAGE COUNTIES IN IA WILL BE
PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO A FLASH FLOOD EVENT TONIGHT.

AS FOR SEVERE STORM THREAT...OVERLAPPING PARAMETERS CONSISTING OF
SUBSTANTIAL INSTABILITY/DEEP LYR SHEAR-50KT/PRONOUNCED EFFECTIVE SRH
WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL/HAIL THREAT EARLY ON.
INCREASING THETA-E DIFFERENTIAL AS STORMS BECOME MORE LINEAR IN
NATURE THEN WITH LEAD TO DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREAT.

A SLOW MOVING CANADIAN AIR MASS IS PROGGED TO DROP INTO THE CNTRL
PLAINS THEN MID WEEK WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR PCPN DEVELOPMENT ALONG
THE BNDRY WED NIGHT THRU THUR NIGHT.

OCCURRING WED NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH
COMBINATION OF LLVL THETA-E ADV AND LOW/MID LYR AGEOSTROPHIC FORCING
WITH MOISTURE RETURN RIDING UP ALONG THE HIGH PLAINS. GOING POPS
LOOK REASONABLE SO NOT MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED.

AIR MASS ENVELOPING THE REGION WILL RESULT IN A NOTICEABLE COOL DOWN
WITH HIGHS ONLY TOPPING OUT IN THE MID MID 70S ON TUES/WED...AND
AROUND 80 ON THUR.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 242 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

LARGE SCALE FLOW WILL BECOME HIGHLY AMPLIFIED DURING THE EXTENDED
PDS WITH A DEEP LONGWAVE TROF SETTLING IN OVER THE ERN CONUS.
EVOLVING PATTERN WILL FAVOR DRY CONDITIONS AND CONTINUATION OF BELOW
NORMAL TEMPS WITH AFTN HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOW/MID 70S HEADING
INTO NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPS REBOUND THOUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS
ON MONDAY IN THE UPPER 70S/LOW 80S.

&&

.AVIATION...(18Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 1231 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

VERY COMPLICATED FORECAST WITH A LOT GOING ON. MVFR AT KLNK/KOMA...COULD
BECOME VFR YET THIS AFTERNOON...AT THE SAME TIME THAT SHOWERS MOVE
IN FROM THE WEST...AND COULD EVEN EXPERIENCE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER
THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. BEST POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
01-05Z. THEN IFR AND POSSIBLY LIFR CONDITIONS REDEVELOP BY
08-09Z...BUT SCATTERING BACK OUT BY 08/16-18Z. IFR CONDITIONS AT
KOFK...WITH SHOWERS MOVING IN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...WITH A
CHANCE OF THUNDER. RAIN COULD END AT KOFK BY 23Z...THEN IFR
CONDITIONS REDEVELOP...EVENTUALLY BECOMING LIFR LATER ON.
ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD AFFECT KOFK LATE IN THE NIGHT...BUT THEY
COULD ALSO REMAIN NORTH OF THE SITE TOO...THUS NOT CONFIDENT
ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THAT FAR OUT.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
     MORNING FOR NEZ053-066>068-078-088>093.

IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
     MORNING FOR IAZ079-080-090-091.

&&

SHORT TERM...DEE
LONG TERM...DEE
AVIATION...DEWALD
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 3:58 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
358 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>052-
081100-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-
PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-
DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-
358 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER
THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE BEST SEVERE RISK APPEARS
TO BE SETTING UP SOUTH OF THE REGION. IF STORMS DEVELOP...THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY TONIGHT.

IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ053-065>068-078-091-081100-
MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-
SALINE-NEMAHA-
358 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT WITH PROLONGED
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL BECOMING MOST PREVALENT SOUTH OF THE
I-80 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. AS OF NOW...IT APPEARS TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 INCHES OR SO IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF AREAS THAT
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL HEIGHTEN THE
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TUESDAY.

NEZ088>090-092-093-081100-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
358 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 505 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO COULD ALSO OCCUR IN THIS AREA AS WELL.

MEANWHILE...PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOST
PREVALENT SOUTH OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. AS OF NOW...IT
APPEARS TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 INCHES OR SO IS LIKELY TO OCCUR
IN THE VICINITY OF AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT
WHICH WILL HEIGHTEN THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:50 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
350 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2015

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

0345 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 S ENDICOTT            40.02N 97.10W
09/07/2015  M80.00 MPH       JEFFERSON          NE   AMATEUR RADIO

0345 PM     HAIL             4 S ENDICOTT            40.02N 97.10W
09/07/2015  E1.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          NE   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

VDEWALD
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 7:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXLancaster3 hr
Sep 6, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline43 min
Sep 6, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe46 min
Sep 6, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Lancaster, Saline30 min
Sep 6, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXCass, Otoe3 hr
Sep 6, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe45 min
Sep 6, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXWashington47 min
Sep 6, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXWashington52 min
Sep 6, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass38 min
Sep 6, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass51 min
Sep 6, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe28 min
Sep 6, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Otoe40 min
Sep 6, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass48 min
Sep 7, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOAXCass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster and 6 more22 hr
Sep 7, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson, Saline64 min
Sep 7, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson35 min
Sep 7, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Jefferson33 min
Sep 7, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson65 min
Sep 7, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage16 min
Sep 7, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXOtoe47 min
Sep 6, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXFremont46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.