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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2017, 8:56 AM CDT for Butler County, Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 12, 2017, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2017, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, NE, Seward County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1090 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
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 Jun 12, 6:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 6:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 619 AM CDT Mon Jun 12 2017 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Wednesday) Issued at 249 AM CDT Mon Jun 12 2017 Satellite-derived PW imagery and 00z upper-air data indicate a plume of robust low-level moisture situated along a stalled baroclinic zone from the mid MO Valley into upper Midwest. The southern/southwest extension of this moisture is surmounted by a pronounced EML and associated capping inversion as depicted by 00z soundings. Early-morning water vapor imagery indicates a weak mid-level perturbation over the central High Plains which will likely weaken as it continues northeast within a broader area of building mid-level heights. Given the strong cap and generally weak forcing, it is no surprise that considerable variability exists in model guidance (both explicit and parameterized) with respect to thunderstorm potential through this afternoon. We will maintain slight-chance PoPs along the surface front lifting north through northeast NE today, and acknowledge the potential for isolated severe weather conditional on storm initiation and sustenance. The 00z models remain consistent in depicting the progression of an upper low into the northern High Plains on Tuesday, while a trailing vorticity lobe pivots across the mid MO Valley. In the low levels, a trough or dryline-type boundary will advance across NE, likely serving as the focus for thunderstorm development across our area by late afternoon or early evening. Rich low-level moisture collocated with steep lapse rates and a vertically veering wind profile will favor severe storms, including supercells, with all hazards possible. Please see the latest SPC Day 2 Convective Outlook for additional guidance. Showers and thunderstorms will remain possible Tuesday night into Wednesday along and ahead of the surface front edging east through the forecast area. As far as temperatures are concerned, the hot weather will continue into at least mid week with afternoon readings in the mid 80s to lower to mid 90s. Yesterday's record warm low temperature of 72 degrees at Norfolk was broken (73), and it's possible we could see a repeat performance for the 12th. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Sunday) Issued at 249 AM CDT Mon Jun 12 2017 The mid-level low over the northern High Plains at the beginning of the long-term forecast period is expected to drift north into central Canada before accelerating northeast toward Hudson Bay this weekend. This will result in initially zonal mid-level flow across the mid MO Valley which will transition to northwesterly by late this week into the coming weekend. In the low levels, we will see a residual surface boundary lingering in the area during the Wed-Fri time frame, prior to a more substantial cool front moving through the mid MO Valley on Fri or Sat. By Sun into Mon, we begin to see growing spread amongst model guidance with respect to the evolution of the surface pattern. As far as sensible weather is concerned, it appears that we will see slightly cooler temperatures this weekend with periodic chances for showers and thunderstorms through much of the long- term period. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Tuesday morning) Issued at 619 AM CDT Mon Jun 12 2017 A cluster of strong to severe storms has recently developed near KLNK, immediately downstream from a weak mid-level impulse translating through the central Plains. These storms are removed from the primary surface boundary, and model guidance has not handled this situation well at all. As such, confidence remains low on the areal coverage of thunderstorms today. Otherwise, expect winds to increase from the south with periods of MVFR ceilings. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...None. IA...None. && SHORT TERM...Mead LONG TERM...Mead AVIATION...Mead
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 510 AM CDT Mon Jun 12 2017 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-130015- 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- 510 AM CDT Mon Jun 12 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Isolated strong to severe storms will be possible today, mainly north of I-80. Hail and locally damaging wind gusts will be the primary hazards. Otherwise, expect another hot day with heat index values rising into the 95 to 100 degree range by afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY An upper-air disturbance and associated surface front will move into the region on Tuesday, providing the focus for thunderstorms during the late afternoon into evening hours. Conditions will be favorable for severe weather in the form of large hail, damaging winds, localized flooding and perhaps a few tornadoes. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will remain a possibility from Wednesday into the weekend. No organized severe weather is currently anticipated during that time frame. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters should not be needed today or tonight.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 12, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Lancaster | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Seward | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Seward | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Dodge | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 7:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 8:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Lancaster | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Otoe, Sarpy | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Lancaster | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe, Sarpy | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 8:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Platte | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 12:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage, Pawnee | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 31 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.