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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2015, 10:51 PM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska; Monona County, Iowa. It was in force for 24 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 6, 2015, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2015, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Monona County, IA, Burt County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
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 6, 6:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 6:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
644 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 320 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015
THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES. AT THE SURFACE...A TROUGH
EXTENDS SOUTHWEST FROM LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. AHEAD OF
THIS...STRONG HEATING AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW 70S EXTEND ACROSS
THE AREA WITH MODEST SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. LATEST WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS WHICH WILL BE MOVING INTO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
WHERE MLCAPE IS AROUND 2000 J/KG. STRONG BULK LAYER SHEAR IS
ALREADY PRESENT AND SO FEELING IS THAT AS THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE
APPROACHES...STORMS WILL CONTINUE FIRE NEAR THE SFC TROUGH AS SOME
HAVE ALREADY POPPED UP IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEB. NICELY CURVED
HODOGRAPHS WITH IMPRESSIVE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR VALUES IN THE LOWEST
3 KM WOULD SUGGEST A TORNADO THREAT INTITIALLY THEN WE TRANSITION
INTO A FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS OVERNIGHT. THE SHORT TERM
CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT 2 MAIN AREAS OF
DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST IS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHICH IS
ALREADY ONGOING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AS IT MOVES
EASTWARD INTO A DEEPLY MIXED ENVIRONMENT. THE SECOND AND MAIN AREA
OF DEVELOPMENT WITH A TORNADIC THREAT WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA.
THIS WILL ALSO BRING HEAVY RAIN THREAT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH WIND/HAIL THREAT AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ENVIRONMENT SHOULD ALSO EVOLVE INTO
ONE THAT IS FAVORABLE FOR BACKBUILDING WITH DOWNSTREAM TRAINING AS
A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET NUDGES NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION.
STEEPER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS WOULD ALSO IMPLY SOME FORWARD PROPAGATING
COMPONENTS. WILL BE HOISTING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
OUR NORTHEASTERN CWA WHERE BACKBUILDING WILL BE THE GREATEST ISSUE
IN ADDITION TO EXTREMELY HIGH PW VALUES.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 320 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015
THE COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE CWA THROUGHOUT SUNDAY...WITH
SOME STORMS POSSIBLE IN OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES AHEAD OF THE
BOUNDARY WHERE STRONGER HEATING TAKES PLACE. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK AS UPPER RIDGING MOVES
OVERHEAD. MUCH MORE ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR LATE IN THE WEEK
INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW.
&&
.AVIATION...(00Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 630 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015
AT 2330Z THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY APPROACHING KOFK. THESE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTHEAST OF KOFK BY 003Z. KOFK REMAINS IN A
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 02Z. KOMA AND KLNK WILL REMAIN VFR WITH
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 02Z. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION HAS
FIRED ALONG A COLD FRONT EXTENDING OUT OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT THIS TIME EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO
REMAIN NORTH OF TAF SITES BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR. AFTER 12Z
FRONT SHOULD BE THROUGH ALL TAF SITES WITH WINDS SHIFING TO THE
NORTHWEST.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR NEZ012-015-018-
032>034.
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR IAZ043-055-056.
&&
SHORT TERM...KERN
LONG TERM...KERN
AVIATION...MEYERHazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 4:39 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 439 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-071145- 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- 439 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015 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 SUNDAY THERE IS A RISK FOR TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA EARLY THIS EVENING...GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTS SOUTHEAST. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. STORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1051 PM CDT SAT JUN 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1044 PM FLOOD 4 S COLERIDGE 42.45N 97.20W
06/06/2015 CEDAR NE EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER JUNCTION HWY 57 AND 59 STILL PASSABLE
&&
DFOBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pierce, Wayne | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cedar | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pierce | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Knox | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 8:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Knox | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cedar | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Cedar, Pierce | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pierce | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pierce, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 10:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Madison, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Burt, Cuming, Dodge | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Cedar, Madison, Pierce, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Burt, Cuming, Stanton | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Cedar, Knox, Pierce, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Jefferson | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Shelby | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 12:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015
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.