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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

July 6, 2016Saline County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 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
Jul 6, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

County Saline County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4273 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 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

As transmitted.

756 
WWUS83 KOAX 060708
SPSOAX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
208 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
 
NEZ066-078-088-089-060730-
JEFFERSON NE-GAGE NE-LANCASTER NE-SALINE NE-
208 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN GAGE...SOUTHEASTERN
SALINE...NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTIES UNTIL
230 AM CDT...

AT 208 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WESTERN...OR 22 MILES WEST OF BEATRICE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRETE...WILBER...DE WITT...PLYMOUTH...JANSEN...SWANTON...CUB CREEK
RECREATIONAL AREA AND OLIVE CREEK STATE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 136 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 157.
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4026 9737 4027 9737 4043 9703 4064 9699
      4056 9679 4018 9707
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 205DEG 24KT 4034 9716 

$$

PEARSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone64 min
Jul 5, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte50 min
Jul 5, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Platte48 min
Jul 5, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Dodge, Saunders51 min
Jul 5, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington37 min
Jul 5, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Dodge, Washington48 min
Jul 5, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt53 min
Jul 5, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Thurston26 min
Jul 5, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSarpy47 min
Jul 5, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy, Saunders44 min
Jul 5, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSarpy33 min
Jul 6, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXOtoe23 min
Jul 6, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaline51 min
Jul 6, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXButler, Platte32 min
Jul 6, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXButler, Colfax, Saunders30 min
Jul 6, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaunders28 min
Jul 6, 4:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDouglas, Saunders, Washington41 min
Jul 5, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Monona, Shelby44 min
Jul 5, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Monona26 min
Jul 6, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMills33 min
Jul 6, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie42 min
Jul 6, 4:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie48 min
Jul 6, 4:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie61 min
Jul 6, 5:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie3 hr

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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.