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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

August 2, 2016Washington County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 2:44 AM CDT for Washington County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 2, 2016, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

County Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 425 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 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 11:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 11:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
1155 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

.SHORT TERM...(tonight through Wednesday night)
Issued at 242 PM CDT Mon Aug 1 2016

Latest subjective surface analysis shows fairly tight gradient
across eastern Nebraska between a broad area of low pressure
across the western Plains and high pressure across the Great
Lakes. Surface winds have been pretty gusty out of the southeast
today which we think was due in part to outflow from earlier
morning convection across Iowa in combination with the tightening
surface pressure gradient. Otherwise...a low pressure trough
extends from north central South Dakota into the Nebraska
Panhandle this afternoon.

Latest satellite and radar show a bit of activity developing
across central Nebraska near the surface trough and CAMs continue
to push this development eastward through the evening as weak mid
level wave moves east across Nebraska. Forecaster confidence on
how the evening will play out is fairly low so am only carrying a
small chance pop into the overnight.

The surface trough will continue to move east overnight and is
forecast to extend from western Kansas into northwestern Iowa and
continued convection cannot be ruled out around this boundary
through Tuesday morning. Wednesday looks warmer and mostly dry as
southeasterly winds increase.

.LONG TERM...(Thursday through Monday)
Issued at 242 PM CDT Mon Aug 1 2016

A high pressure dome will be centered over the south central
CONUS at the beginning of the period with a shortwave trough
moving across the Northern Plains. This will allow a cold front to
drop south across the area Thursday with thunderstorms possible
during the daytime hours but possibly moreso overnight into Friday
morning as a series of shortwaves move through west southwesterly
flow monsoonal flow. Behind the cold front...some heat relief
is expected with forecast highs nearly 10 degrees below normal.
Although we don't expect a washout for the weekend, we will carry
chances of showers and thunderstorms through the duration as a
series of mid level shortwaves take aim at the region.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Tuesday night)
Issued at 1126 PM CDT Mon Aug 1 2016

Cluster of storms currently over cntrl Neb is beginning to slowly increase
in areal coverage and expanding into ern Neb. Cells are already
approaching KOFK...and expect TSRA activity to last only a few
hours. At KOMA/KLNK...TSRA activity should be reaching both
terminals sometime around 08z. Do not expected widespread severe
type storms...but a few may approach severe limits. Storms should
be exiting into wrn IA sometime around 11z.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...Kern
LONG TERM...Kern
AVIATION...DEE
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:21 PM CDT, 10 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
421 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-021130-
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-
421 PM CDT MON AUG 1 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 TUESDAY

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH LARGE
HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR WITH
ANY STORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE
EVENING FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THESE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST
OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THERE WILL BE A LINGERING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
MORNING TUESDAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. AGAIN SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

HEAT INDEX READINGS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY REACH THE 98 TO
105 RANGE IN MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 100 TO 105 WILL BE POSSIBLE ALL
THREE DAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN AREA FROM COLUMBUS
TO TEKAMAH TO ATLANTIC.

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM ENTERS THEN STALLS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR TUESDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1216 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

NEZ016-030-031-020545-
ANTELOPE NE-BOONE NE-MADISON NE-
1216 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...
NORTHEASTERN BOONE AND SOUTHEASTERN ANTELOPE COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM
CDT...

AT 1216 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELGIN...OR 26 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATTLE CREEK...MEADOW GROVE AND TILDEN.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 67.

LAT...LON 4174 9804 4202 9796 4208 9784 4209 9753
      4189 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 236DEG 26KT 4192 9791

DEWALD
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1221 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

NEZ033-020545-
CUMING NE-
1221 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STANTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN CUMING COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT...

AT 1221 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF HOWELLS...OR 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NORFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL AREAS 10 MILES WEST OF WEST POINT.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND
113.

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 4174 9702 4184 9702 4197 9686 4191 9671
      4175 9672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 234DEG 26KT 4180 9694

DEWALD
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1246 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

NEZ031-032-020615-
STANTON NE-MADISON NE-
1246 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN STANTON AND EASTERN
MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 1245 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR STANTON...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STANTON.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 90.

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 4184 9725 4196 9737 4209 9726 4205 9714
      4196 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 224DEG 17KT 4193 9729

DEWALD
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1250 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

NEZ033-044-020615-
DODGE NE-CUMING NE-
1250 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DODGE...SOUTH
CENTRAL CUMING AND NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 1250 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR DODGE...OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST POINT...SCRIBNER...DODGE...
SNYDER AND DEAD TIMBER STATE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND
129.

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 4169 9652 4158 9687 4178 9692 4190 9677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 236DEG 14KT 4171 9684

DEWALD
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:12 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
212 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

NEZ050-051-020800-
BUTLER NE-SAUNDERS NE-
212 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BUTLER AND WESTERN
SAUNDERS COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

AT 212 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHUYLER TO NEAR ULYSSES.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAVID CITY...VALPARAISO...BRAINARD...WESTON...PRAGUE...DWIGHT...
ULYSSES...OCTAVIA...MALMO...COLON...BRUNO...ABIE AND GARRISON.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 419 AND
442.

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 4138 9655 4105 9676 4105 9728 4138 9710
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 269DEG 28KT 4140 9702 4105 9720

DEWALD
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:44 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone38 min
Aug 2, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXStanton52 min
Aug 2, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMadison29 min
Aug 2, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCuming24 min
Aug 2, 12:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXBoone5 hr
Aug 2, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXStanton29 min
Aug 2, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDodge25 min
Aug 2, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXButler48 min
Aug 2, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Saunders39 min
Aug 2, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass, Lancaster44 min
Aug 2, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDouglas, Sarpy40 min
Aug 2, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass, Otoe46 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.