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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2016, 12:07 AM CDT for Page County, Iowa. It was in force for 28 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 24, 2016, 12:07 AM CDT (05:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 12:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Page County, IA
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 15.4
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 23, 11:44 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 11:44 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 1144 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 .SHORT TERM...(tonight through Friday) Issued at 345 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 Question whether thunderstorms will redevelop late this afternoon/evening is initial concern...followed by pcpn chances in the rest of the near term periods. Anticipated severe weather threat not looking all that good at the moment. Recent sfc obs reveal little in the way depicting a warm front upon which the last several runs of the RAP13 has been advertising convection would erupt. Current 88D mosaic is showing isolated cells over nern KS and well as a few within our IA CWA...but it appears now the threat for scattered TSRA development within the CWA has diminished significantly with focus for convection more to the north associated with potent vort max lifting into srn MN. However...trend over the last hour has been CU field organizing along with cluster of cells invof the srn CWA. Will therefore focus evening POPs south...then the rest of tonight carry token 20s tonight with focus mainly over the ern CWA. In regards to pcpn activity Wednesday afternoon/night...a cold front dropping through the CWA will slow and become near stationary in the vicinity of the srn CWA. Environment will be moisture rich during this time...and with prolonged mid layer ageostrophic lift generous rainfall accumulations could be realized along and south of I-80 by events end early Thursday morning. .LONG TERM...(Friday night through Tuesday) Issued at 345 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 Pcpn chances are pretty much in place through the majority of the extended periods. Beginning Friday night a lifting warm front in conjunction with llvl jet/strong theta-E advection is progged to induce TSRA over the CWA. Passing vort max helps displace best moisture/forcing just a bit to the east then on Saturday. Thereafter...confidence pertaining to pcpn chance is low at best. Therefore will maintain token POPs the remainder of the fcst pd. && .AVIATION...(06Z TAFS for KOFK...KLNK and KOMA.) Issued at 1140 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 Lingering storms around KOMA and KLNK with MVFR cigs and vsby through 08z then becoming VFR as cold front pushes into the area through 12z. Front just past KOFK at 06z but weak push with light north to northwest winds behind the front. && .OAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NE...None. IA...None. && SHORT TERM...DEE LONG TERM...DEE AVIATION...Fobert
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 4:46 PM CDT, 7 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 446 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-241200- 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- 446 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 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 TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH 10 PM. ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED IN NATURE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AS A COLD FRONT STALLS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FRIDAY INTO MONDAY WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR STORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. FOBERT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 23, 10:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1037 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NNW COUNCIL BLUFFS 41.30N 95.90W
08/23/2016 M65.00 MPH DOUGLAS NE ASOS
&&
VDEWALDLocal storm report, Aug 23, 10:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1038 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1008 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NNW COUNCIL BLUFFS 41.27N 95.88W
08/23/2016 M73 MPH POTTAWATTAMIE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
4 INCH DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
VDEWALDLocal storm report, Aug 23, 10:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1048 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1047 PM FLOOD 2 E OMAHA 41.26N 95.98W
08/23/2016 DOUGLAS NE BROADCAST MEDIA
WATER OVER ROADWAY AT SADDLECREEK AND DAVENPORT.
&&
VDEWALDSpecial weather statement, Aug 23, 11:08 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1108 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016
IAZ069-079-080-090-091-NEZ051-053-066>068-240500-
FREMONT IA-PAGE IA-MILLS IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-CASS NE-
LANCASTER NE-OTOE NE-SAUNDERS NE-SARPY NE-
1108 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY...FREMONT...
NORTHWESTERN PAGE...MILLS...SOUTH CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE...CASS...
SOUTHERN SARPY...SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS...NORTHERN OTOE AND CENTRAL
LANCASTER COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1107 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF RED OAK TO 7 MILES EAST
OF UNION TO 5 MILES NORTH OF HICKMAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN...BELLEVUE...NEBRASKA CITY...PLATTSMOUTH...RED OAK...
GLENWOOD...SHENANDOAH...WAVERLY...SYRACUSE...SPRINGFIELD...MALVERN...
SIDNEY...LOUISVILLE...WEEPING WATER...ESSEX...BENNET...STANTON...
ELMWOOD...GREENWOOD AND PALMYRA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 466 AND 504...AND NEAR
MILE MARKER 508.
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 42.
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 37.
HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 82.
HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 54 AND 71...AND NEAR
MILEMARKER 77.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 42.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 395 AND 426.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 9492 4066 9547 4066 9684 4087 9680
4117 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 291DEG 33KT 4108 9522 4085 9578 4071 9666
DEWALDLocal storm report, Aug 23, 11:30 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1130 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM TSTM WND DMG FREMONT 41.44N 96.49W
08/23/2016 DODGE NE STORM CHASER
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
VDEWALDSpecial weather statement, Aug 24, 12:03 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Burt | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Washington | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Dodge | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 21 min |
| Aug 23, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Washington | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Burt, Dodge, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 9:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Douglas, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cuming | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Colfax | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 10:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Sarpy | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Lancaster | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Cass, Lancaster, Saunders | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Lancaster, Otoe | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Lancaster | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 2:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Douglas | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 16 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Johnson, Pawnee | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Johnson | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Nemaha | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pawnee | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Nemaha | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Richardson | 9 min |
| Aug 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 32 min |
| Aug 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Monona | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 48 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.