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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2015, 10:38 PM CDT for Gage County, Lancaster County, Nebraska. 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
- May 6, 2015, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2015, 11:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Gage County, NE, Lancaster County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
915
WFUS53 KOAX 070338
TOROAX
NEC067-109-070415-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0008.150507T0338Z-150507T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1038 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1038 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLATONIA...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BEATRICE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CORTLAND AND HALLAM AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
HICKMAN AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SPRAGUE...STAGECOACH STATE RECREATION AREA...BLUESTEM STATE
RECREATION AREA AND OLIVE CREEK STATE RECREATION AREA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 26 AND 48.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4029 9674 4035 9691 4064 9691 4062 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 197DEG 35KT 4041 9683
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MILLER3 follow-up statements
228
WWUS53 KOAX 070347
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1047 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
NEC067-109-070415-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150507T0415Z/
GAGE NE-LANCASTER NE-
1047 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GAGE AND SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTIES...
AT 1046 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CORTLAND...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF BEATRICE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HICKMAN AROUND 1100 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
STAGECOACH STATE RECREATION AREA AND OLIVE CREEK STATE RECREATION
AREA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 29 AND 48.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4032 9673 4038 9690 4061 9686 4062 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 214DEG 42KT 4049 9670
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MILLER765
WWUS53 KOAX 070354
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1054 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
NEC067-109-070415-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150507T0415Z/
GAGE NE-LANCASTER NE-
1054 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GAGE AND SOUTH CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTIES...
AT 1053 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER FIRTH...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF BEATRICE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL GAGE AND SOUTH CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...STAGECOACH STATE RECREATION AREA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 32 AND 45.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4038 9670 4042 9681 4059 9674 4062 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 204DEG 31KT 4053 9665
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MILLER879
WWUS53 KOAX 070402
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1102 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
NEC067-109-070411-
/O.CAN.KOAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150507T0415Z/
GAGE NE-LANCASTER NE-
1102 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GAGE AND SOUTH CENTRAL
LANCASTER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE ORIGINAL WARNING. A NEW TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
LANCASTER AND GAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM.
LAT...LON 4038 9670 4042 9681 4059 9674 4062 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 197DEG 35KT 4061 9662
$$
MILLERWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 6, 7:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 7:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 702 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 306 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 SEVERE STORMS HAVE FIRED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS EASTWARD FROM A SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE. UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAD 30 TO 60 METER HEIGHT FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH IT...COUPLED WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WITH 1.2 TO 1.5 INCHES OF PW...SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE STORMS EXPAND EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND EVENTUALLY IN WESTERN IOWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR A SMALL PORTION OF OUR FORECAST AREA IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FOR ACTIVITY THAT MAY EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE AREA...AND ADDITIONAL WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EVENING FURTHER NORTH AND EAST FROM THE EXISTING WATCH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA. MODEL QPFS ARE ALSO QUITE HEALTHY ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES FORECAST. WPC IS ALSO CONCERNED WITH POSSIBLE TRAINING OF STORMS LATER IN THE EVENING WHICH COULD ENHANCE RAINFALL TOTALS. FOR NOW WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY WATCHES UNLESS AMOUNTS BECOME EXCESSIVE. LINGERING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS COULD OCCUR THURSDAY MORNING AS THE WAVE CONTINUES TO EXIT THE REGION. THERE COULD ACTUALLY BE A SEVERAL HOUR DRY PERIOD LATER THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE AREA. TEMPS AHEAD OF THE FRONT PUSH IN TO THE MID 70S...AND COULD DEVELOP STORMS AGAIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. STORMS THEN CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT THURSDAY EVENING AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE ALONG/SOUTH OF I80. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN WITH THOSE STORMS AS WELL SINCE RAINFALL WILL BE FALLING ALONG AND AREA THAT GETS A CONSIDERABLE SOAKING TONIGHT. THE FRONT THEN PUSHES SOUTH INTO KANSAS AND MISSOURI FOR FRIDAY BUT THERE REMAINS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ALONG THE KS/NE BORDER REGION THAT COULD EVEN LINGER INTO SATURDAY. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 306 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD SHOULD BE ACTIVE WITH ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LOW MOVING OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TO THE FRONT RANGE...WHICH INDUCES LEE CYCLOGENESIS AND ANOTHER WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER. RAIN LINGERS INTO SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. SUNDAY AFTERNOON IS PROBLEMATIC. WE WILL LIKELY BE IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND UNCERTAIN IF WE WILL CONVECT ALONG IT...OR PERHAPS AHEAD OF IT EAST OF OUR AREA. THEN DEFORMATION/WRAP AROUND PRECIP AFFECTS AT LEAST THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH LINGERING SHOWERS ON MONDAY. && .AVIATION...(00Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.) ISSUED AT 647 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 REGIONAL RADAR SHOWING MVFR CONDITIONS/WIDESPREAD PCPN ACTIVITY LIFTING ACROSS ERN NEB IN ASSOCIATION WITH A POTENT UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSING THRU THE CNTRL PLAINS. EXPECT TSRA TO PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES THRU THIS EVENING WITH SHRA THEN AFT MIDNIGHT TILL ABOUT 12Z THURSDAY MORNING. LATEST MODELS INDICATE IFR CIGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KOMA/KLNK BTWN 12Z-14Z THURSDAY MORNING...THEN LOW END VFR CIGS THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PD. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DEWALD LONG TERM...DEWALD AVIATION...DEE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 533 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 NEZ065-066-078-088-089-071245- SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- 533 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER LATER THURSDAY MORNING AND EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. MORE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED YET TONIGHT. NEZ016-017-030>034-042>045-050>053-067-068-090>093-071245- ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX- DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE-JOHNSON- NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 533 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STORMS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER LATER THURSDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. MORE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED YET TONIGHT. IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015-018-071245- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-WAYNE- 533 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. STORMS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER LATER THURSDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. MORE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. DEWALD
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 6, 9:58 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
958 PM CDT WED MAY 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0957 PM HEAVY RAIN RAYMOND 40.96N 96.78W
05/06/2015 M2.75 INCH LANCASTER NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CZAPOTOCLocal storm report, May 6, 10:00 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1000 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 W LINCOLN 40.82N 96.79W
05/06/2015 LANCASTER NE AMATEUR RADIO
UP TO 1 FOOT OF WATER ON EASTBOUND
INTERSTATE 80 AT EXIT 395.
&&
NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, May 6, 10:14 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1014 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1012 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 E LINCOLN 40.81N 96.63W
05/06/2015 LANCASTER NE AMATEUR RADIO
6 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT 66TH AND
O. ALSO 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AT
56TH AND A.
&&
NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
IRIS SYSTEMSpecial weather statement, May 6, 10:22 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 1022 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 NEZ051-066-067-078-070345- CASS NE-LANCASTER NE-SALINE NE-SAUNDERS NE- 1022 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1021 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLEASANT DALE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LINCOLN...WAVERLY...HICKMAN...GREENWOOD...ROCA...DENTON...RAYMOND... DAVEY...SPRAGUE...BLUESTEM STATE RECREATION AREA AND CONESTOGA STATE RECREATION AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 466. HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 48 AND 77. INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 392 AND 414. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4057 9666 4064 9692 4104 9680 4104 9639 TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 208DEG 40KT 4071 9681 FOBERT
Local storm report, May 6, 10:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1025 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 E LINCOLN 40.81N 96.61W
05/06/2015 LANCASTER NE PUBLIC
WATER OVER 84TH STREET NEAR THE MOPAC TRAIL.
&&
NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, May 6, 10:37 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1037 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1036 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 WNW DENTON 40.74N 96.86W
05/06/2015 LANCASTER NE AMATEUR RADIO
WATER OVER DENTON RAOD NEAR SW 103RD STREET.
&&
NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saline | 41 min |
| May 6, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 25 min |
| May 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Butler, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward | 8 hr |
| May 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward | 50 min |
| May 6, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 32 min |
| May 6, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saline | 11 min |
| May 6, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 27 min |
| May 6, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline | 4 hr |
| May 6, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saline | 49 min |
| May 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline | 44 min |
| May 6, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saunders | 52 min |
| May 6, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Lancaster | 28 min |
| May 6, 9:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Gage, Lancaster, Saline, Seward | 3 hr |
| May 6, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 6, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster, Saline, Seward | 3 hr |
| May 6, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 39 min |
| May 6, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Lancaster | 23 min |
| May 6, 10:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 6, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster, Otoe | 30 min |
| May 6, 11:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 63 hr |
| May 6, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 39 min |
| May 6, 11:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 3 hr |
| May 6, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage, Lancaster, Saline | 35 min |
| May 6, 11:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 30 hr |
| May 7, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Otoe, Sarpy | 43 min |
| May 7, 12:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 45 hr |
| May 7, 12:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 32 hr |
| May 7, 12:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Cass | 47 hr |
| May 7, 12:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline, Seward | 7 hr |
| May 7, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Seward | 33 min |
| May 7, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 34 min |
| May 7, 12:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Gage | 4 days |
| May 7, 12:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Gage | 4 days |
| May 7, 1:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 71 hr |
| May 7, 1:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Saunders | 6 hr |
| May 7, 2:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Butler, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward | 6 hr |
| May 7, 2:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 4 days |
| May 7, 4:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 61 hr |
| May 7, 5:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 6 hr |
| May 7, 7:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 7 days |
| May 7, 7:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline | 12 hr |
| May 7, 8:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Butler, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward | 9 hr |
| May 7, 8:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 5 hr |
| May 7, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Otoe | 50 hr |
| May 7, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 61 hr |
| May 7, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Richardson | 66 hr |
| May 7, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Cass | 54 hr |
| May 7, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Johnson | 17 min |
| May 7, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Johnson | 28 min |
| May 7, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage | 48 min |
| May 7, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 25 min |
| May 7, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Nemaha | 32 min |
| May 7, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage | 41 min |
| May 7, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Nemaha | 33 min |
| May 7, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pawnee | 53 min |
| May 7, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 16 min |
| May 7, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage, Pawnee | 40 min |
| May 7, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson | 17 min |
| May 7, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pawnee, Richardson | 35 min |
| May 7, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Otoe | 46 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.