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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Omaha, NE

April 24, 2016Saunders County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT for Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Saunders County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 7:46 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Mead, NE	FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm 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
Apr 24, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 11 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: 1046 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 16.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

059 
WUUS53 KOAX 250029
SVROAX
NEC155-250100-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0011.160425T0029Z-160425T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
729 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEAD...OR 27
  MILES WEST OF OMAHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAHOO...YUTAN...MEAD...ITHACA...LESHARA AND TWO RIVERS STATE RECREATION
  AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 85 AND 108.
 HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 446 AND 462.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4117 9674 4140 9649 4139 9647 4137 9645
      4136 9642 4131 9640 4129 9637 4126 9635
      4124 9637 4122 9636 4119 9633 4117 9632
      4105 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 242DEG 23KT 4122 9655 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BOUSTEAD

2 follow-up statements

274 
WWUS53 KOAX 250044
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
744 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

NEC155-250100-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160425T0100Z/
SAUNDERS NE-
744 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY...

AT 744 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR YUTAN...OR 21
MILES WEST OF OMAHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YUTAN...MEAD...LESHARA AND TWO RIVERS STATE RECREATION AREA. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 97 AND 108.
 HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 456 AND 462.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4125 9658 4140 9649 4139 9647 4137 9645
      4136 9642 4131 9640 4129 9637 4126 9635
      4124 9637 4122 9636 4119 9633 4117 9632
      4112 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 242DEG 23KT 4127 9643 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BOUSTEAD

694 
WWUS53 KOAX 250053
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
753 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

NEC155-250103-
/O.EXP.KOAX.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160425T0100Z/
SAUNDERS NE-
753 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4125 9658 4140 9649 4139 9647 4137 9645
      4136 9642 4131 9640 4129 9637 4126 9635
      4124 9637 4122 9636 4119 9633 4117 9632
      4112 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 242DEG 23KT 4127 9643 

$$

BOUSTEAD

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 Apr 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
643 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

LOOKS TO BE THE START OF A RATHER ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WITH
INITIAL SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
TO THE AREA INTO THE EVENING.

LATEST RADAR SHOWS NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AT MID
AFTERNOON. THIS BAND OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES INTO BETTER INSTABILITY
IN CLOUD FREE AREA OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA. MAIN AREA OF STORMS EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF THE AREA PRIOR TO
06Z BUT LINGERING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EARLY MORNING AS SURFACE TROUGH GRADUALLY PUSHES EAST.

SHORT WAVE RIDGE THEN BUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY
IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA
OF THE SOUTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS
UPPER LOW GRADUALLY PIVOTS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SOME SEVERE
POTENTIAL FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS WARM FRONT LIFTS INTO NEBRASKA.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 231 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

SAME ACTIVE TREND CONTINUES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH
ADDITIONAL SERIES OF UPPER TROUGHS MOVING INTO THE REGION.
THIS MAY BRING THE THREAT OF POTENTIAL FLOODING DUE TO PERSISTENT
RAIN EVENTS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...(00Z TAFS FOR KOMA...KLNK...KOFK THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 639 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF KOMA AND
KLNK THROUGH 02Z WHILE KOFK SHOULD STAY BETWEEN THE AREAS OF
STORMS. ONCE STORMS MOVE EAST WITH APPROACH OF UPPER LOW EXPECT
VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...FOBERT
LONG TERM...FOBERT
AVIATION...FOBERT

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 4:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
416 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-251130-
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-
416 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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 MONDAY

SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY
ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS
EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA
UNTIL 10 PM.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AFTER 6 PM
WILL BE EXTREME EASTERN NEBRASKA ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER INTO
SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL PUSH A DRYLINE
AND COLD FRONT INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS
EVENING...LEADING TO THE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. MOST OF THE
STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER BY MID
EVENING...AND EAST OF SOUTHWEST IOWA BY MIDNIGHT...ENDING THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE ACTIVE PATTERN SHOULD CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN AGAIN FROM
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED YET THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF
EXTREME EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

FOBERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:12 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
712 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0705 PM     HAIL             LINCOLN                 40.82N 96.69W
04/24/2016  M1.00 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNTOWN LINCOLN

&&

DFOBERT

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:15 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
715 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0711 PM     HAIL             LINCOLN                 40.82N 96.69W
04/24/2016  M2.00 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNTOWN

&&

DFOBERT

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
716 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0714 PM     HAIL             4 N LINCOLN             40.87N 96.68W
04/24/2016  M1.00 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUST ESTIMATED TO 60 MPH.

&&

DERGAN

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:19 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
719 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0717 PM     HAIL             1 S WAHOO               41.20N 96.62W
04/24/2016  M1.00 INCH       SAUNDERS           NE   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

DFOBERT

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:21 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
721 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0721 PM     HAIL             FREMONT                 41.44N 96.49W
04/24/2016  E0.88 INCH       DODGE              NE   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

VDEWALD

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:22 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
722 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

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

0710 PM     HAIL             LINCOLN                 40.82N 96.69W
04/24/2016  M1.50 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   PUBLIC

&&

DFOBERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saunders	24 min
Apr 24, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	33 min
Apr 24, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Jefferson	24 min
Apr 24, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Douglas, Washington	35 min
Apr 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Sarpy	60 min
Apr 24, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cedar, Stanton, Wayne	39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.