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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

November 11, 2015Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Nov 11, 2015, 1:21 PM CST for Pottawattamie 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2015, 1:21 PM CST (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 2015, 1:45 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

County Pottawattamie County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Nov 11, 11:55 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 11:55 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1155 AM CST WED NOV 11 2015

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 245 AM CST WED NOV 11 2015

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL FOCUS ON NEXT 24 HOURS AS STRONG EARLY
SEASON STORM SYSTEM LIFTS ACROSS THE REGION.

GENERAL FORECAST TRENDS REMAIN ON TRACK THIS MORNING WITH DEEP
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AT 07Z WITH A WARM
FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM THE LOW INTO FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. INVERTED TROUGH MEANWHILE STRETCHES ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. AS SURFACE LOW MOVES
NORTHEAST ALONG THE TROUGH AND DEEPENS A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
SOUTH BEHIND THE LOW REACHING FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY PRECIP IN THE AREA IS EXPECTED
TO GENERALLY BE LIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

AS THE COLDER AIR SPREADS EAST BEHIND THE FRONT FROM MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON RAIN MAY MIX OR CHANGE TO SNOW IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO SIOUX CITY LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE EARLY EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY WEATHER FEATURE BEHIND
THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH WIND HEADLINES COVERING
THE FORECAST AREA. WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT BUT
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY.

REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WILL BE DRY AND COOL WITH A RETURN TO
MILD TEMPERATURES BY THE WEEKEND.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 245 AM CST WED NOV 11 2015

MILD AND DRY OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY NEXT
WEEK AS ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. FLOW AT THIS
TIME APPEARS TO BE SPLIT WITH COLDER AIR REMAINING TO THE NORTH.

&&

.AVIATION...(18Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 1141 AM CST WED NOV 11 2015

INTENSE SFC LOW PRESS CURRENTLY SITUATED OVER N-CNTRL KS WILL
QUICKLY LIFT NEWD THIS AFTN AND BE THE FOCUS SCT TSRA OVER
PORTIONS OF ERN NEB THIS AFTN. LATEST SFC OBS INDICATED THAT THE
ASSOCIATED SFC BNDRY WAS NEARLY STATIONARY AND EXTENDED FROM
ABOUT KAXA TO KPTT. IN ADDITION TO THE -TSRA ACTIVITY...STIFF NW
WINDS GUSTING 35-45KT WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AND AT
THIS POINT...DO NOT ANTICIPATE CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR AT ALL
TERMINALS UNTIL EARLY THUR MORNING.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY
     FOR NEZ045-052.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
     FOR NEZ090>093.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
     NEZ053-067-068.

     HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR NEZ011-012-
     015>018-030>034-042>044-050-051-065-066-078-088-089.

IA...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY
     FOR IAZ043-055-056-069.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
     IAZ079-080-090-091.

&&

SHORT TERM...FOBERT
LONG TERM...FOBERT
AVIATION...DEE
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 1:13 PM CST, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
113 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-
120915-
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-
113 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A HIGH WIND WARNING WILL COVER MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WEST
CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO INCREASE INTO THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS OVER
50 MPH POSSIBLE. RAIN COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITH SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. ANY SNOW THAT DOES FALL...WHEN COMBINED
WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW COULD OCCUR THIS EVENING NORTH
AND NORTHEAST OF OMAHA.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ROLLING THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
AND WESTERN IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIDE
VARIETY OF WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...BUT WILL HOLD
IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH APPEAR POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO PASS ALONG ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS...
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OR DAMAGE FROM THE WINDS.

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-120915-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-
113 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...TORNADO WATCH 534 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND LAST INTO
AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME TORNADIC IN NATURE
IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION TO
THE TORNADO THREAT...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS
WELL.

A HIGH WIND WARNING WILL COVER MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WEST
CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO INCREASE INTO THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS OVER
50 MPH POSSIBLE. RAIN COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITH SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. ANY SNOW THAT DOES FALL...WHEN COMBINED
WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW COULD OCCUR THIS EVENING NORTH
AND NORTHEAST OF OMAHA.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ROLLING THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
AND WESTERN IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIDE
VARIETY OF WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...BUT WILL HOLD
IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH APPEAR POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO PASS ALONG ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS...
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OR DAMAGE FROM THE WINDS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 11, 12:35 PM CST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1235 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

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

1234 PM     HAIL             AVOCA                   40.80N 96.12W
11/11/2015  E1.75 INCH       CASS               NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BKERN
Local storm report, Nov 11, 12:47 PM CST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1247 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

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

1219 PM     HAIL             UNADILLA                40.68N 96.27W
11/11/2015  M1.00 INCH       OTOE               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            50 TO 60 MPH WINDS ALSO.

&&

VDEWALD
Local storm report, Nov 11, 12:51 PM CST, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 11, 1:00 PM CST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
100 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

IAZ069-079-090-NEZ052-053-067-068-111945-
FREMONT IA-MILLS IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-DOUGLAS NE-CASS NE-OTOE NE-
SARPY NE-
100 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE...
MILLS...FREMONT...EASTERN CASS...SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS...NORTHEASTERN
OTOE AND NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CST...

AT 100 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PAPILLION TO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NEBRASKA CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA
VISTA...PLATTSMOUTH...RALSTON...GLENWOOD...MALVERN...SIDNEY...
FARRAGUT...PACIFIC JUNCTION...MURRAY...RIVERTON...OFFUTT AFB...CARTER
LAKE...TABOR...SILVER CITY...THURMAN AND RANDOLPH.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 91.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 58.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 446 AND 454.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4061 9576 4123 9611 4137 9579 4112 9555
      4073 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 195DEG 54KT 4117 9600 4075 9577

BOUSTEAD
Local storm report, Nov 11, 1:10 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
110 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

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

0109 PM     HAIL             OFFUTT AFB              41.11N 95.92W
11/11/2015  E0.50 INCH       SARPY              NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BKERN
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 1:21 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
121 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

IAZ055-056-069-111945-
SHELBY IA-HARRISON IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
121 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM
CST...

AT 121 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF TREYNOR...OR 23 MILES EAST OF OMAHA...MOVING NORTH
AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AVOCA...SHELBY...MINDEN AND ARROWHEAD PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 64.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 40.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA.

LAT...LON 4123 9552 4126 9563 4151 9560 4150 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 200DEG 24KT 4132 9556

BOUSTEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 10:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaunders42 min
Nov 11, 10:53 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaunders37 min
Nov 11, 10:56 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass, Sarpy34 min
Nov 11, 11:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXGage51 min
Nov 11, 11:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDouglas, Washington34 min
Nov 11, 11:51 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXOtoe24 min
Nov 11, 11:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe31 min
Nov 11, 12:14 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXOtoe21 min
Nov 11, 12:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDouglas25 min
Nov 11, 12:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXWashington24 min
Nov 11, 12:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Otoe35 min
Nov 11, 12:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXHarrison, Monona23 min
Nov 11, 12:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXShelby37 min
Nov 11, 1:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXFremont, Mills45 min
Nov 11, 1:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPage37 min
Nov 11, 1:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMontgomery23 min
Nov 11, 1:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie20 min
Nov 11, 1:54 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXPottawattamie, Shelby18 min
Nov 11, 2:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.