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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Omaha, NE

August 16, 20164 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2016, 8:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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
Aug 16, 2016, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Gage County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Otoe County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2247 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2247 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
10.5

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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 Aug 16, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
633 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

.SHORT TERM...(tonight through Friday)
Issued at 345 PM CDT Tue Aug 16 2016

Forecast concerns tonight will be precipitation coverage/chance
of thunderstorms.

Latest radar/satellite imagery highlight a couple of areas of
showers and thunderstorms. The area over the Omaha/Council Bluffs
area has lingered through the afternoon hours and is in a fairly
narrow area. Steep lapse rates remain in place with 13-16 deg
dewpoints pooled in this area. mid level warm air advection
persists this evening as they push eastward ahead of the mid level
shortwave. The low level jet increases this evening across
northeast Kansas and this could help promote thunderstorm
activity. Recent experiment HRRR/SPC HRRR linger storms in
southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa.  Will maintain isolated to
scattered pops for this area.

Other areas of concern are over parts of Minnesota. These storms
are tracking south toward an area of favorable CAPE and along the
instability axis. A 0-3km wind max is associated with the stronger
cluster and tends to stay north of the area. SPC has broadened
it's slight risk and the marginal risk remains in the area where
we have storms mentioned. The experimental HRRR/SPC HRRR/RAP do hint
at the potential for storms in northeast Nebraska into Iowa...so
do mention pops here.

The pesky trough shifts to the east Wednesday with mid level
ridging, thus have a mainly dry forecast and high temperatures in
the 80s to around 90. There is a slight chance for thunderstorms
in northeast Nebraska late Wednesday night.

The next best chance for thunderstorms will be Friday. The models
have slowed the front down, however we do have likely rain chances
for Friday afternoon for parts of the area.

.LONG TERM...(Friday night through Tuesday)
Issued at 345 PM CDT Tue Aug 16 2016

Thunderstorms continue Friday night as the leading portion of the
h5 trough moves in. Trailing energy may linger the storm chances
into Saturday, however there is good north flow behind the front.
Much cooler for the weekend with highs in the 70s.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening)
Issued at 631 PM CDT Tue Aug 16 2016

VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period. Scattered
thunderstorms are possible at the sites and did include a VCTS for
KLNK AND KOMA for the evening.

&&

.OAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NE...None.
IA...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...Zapotocny
LONG TERM...Zapotocny
AVIATION...Kern
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
535 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-171245-
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-
535 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 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 WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING IN
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. OTHER
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80. HOWEVER SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT LIKELY WITH THIS
ACTIVITY.

THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AS A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY
SLIPS SOUTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD NOT BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH
THE REGION. A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR DURING THIS TIME. THERE
IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
706 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

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

0625 PM     HAIL             8 N CROFTON             42.85N 97.50W
08/16/2016  E2.00 INCH       KNOX               NE   PUBLIC

&&

BKERN
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:25 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
725 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

NEZ066>068-170115-
CASS NE-LANCASTER NE-OTOE NE-
725 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CASS...NORTHWESTERN
OTOE AND EAST CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 725 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF WAVERLY...OR 9 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALMYRA AND EAGLE.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 472 AND 478.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4077 9660 4087 9660 4090 9650 4078 9627
      4064 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 304DEG 9KT 4081 9650

DERGAN
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXLancaster50 min
Aug 16, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Knox45 min
Aug 16, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXCass, Lancaster3 hr
Aug 16, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe51 min
Aug 16, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXGage51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.