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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT for Dodge County, Douglas County, Washington County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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 27, 2016, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
Counties Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Washington County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
992 WWUS83 KOAX 280310 SPSOAX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 1010 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 IAZ055-069-079-NEZ044-045-051>053-280345- MILLS IA-HARRISON IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-DODGE NE-DOUGLAS NE- WASHINGTON NE-SAUNDERS NE-SARPY NE- 1010 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE... NORTHWESTERN MILLS...SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON...DOUGLAS...DODGE... WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN SAUNDERS AND NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT... AT 1010 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR BLUFFS TO 4 MILES EAST OF MURRAY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...BELLEVUE...FREMONT...PAPILLION...LA VISTA... BLAIR...RALSTON...GLENWOOD...VALLEY...ARLINGTON...NORTH BEND... TREYNOR...FORT CALHOUN...SCRIBNER...WATERLOO...HOOPER... CEDAR BLUFFS...NICKERSON AND KENNARD. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 167. HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 411 AND 447. HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 9. HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 117. HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 108 AND 132. INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 68. INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14. INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 443 AND 454. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR STREET FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4174 9660 4130 9549 4100 9573 4148 9687 TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 202DEG 38KT 4149 9664 4091 9585 $$ DEWALD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Saline, Seward | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Butler, Cass, Douglas, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster and 8 more | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Butler, Gage, Lancaster, Saline, Seward | 3 hr |
| May 27, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saunders | 29 min |
| May 27, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Saunders | 37 min |
| May 27, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 42 min |
| May 27, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Lancaster, Platte, Saunders | 3 hr |
| May 28, 12:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Butler | 6 hr |
| May 28, 9:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 67 hr |
| May 28, 9:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Seward | 49 hr |
| May 28, 9:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 3 days |
| May 28, 12:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 18 hr |
| May 28, 5:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 24 hr |
| May 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 24 hr |
| May 27, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 34 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.