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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Omaha, NE

July 10, 2017Antelope County, Boone County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2017, 10:44 PM CDT for Antelope County, Boone County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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
Jul 10, 2017, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2017, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2017-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2072 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 2017-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
2072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 Jul 10, 6:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 8:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
837 PM CDT Mon Jul 10 2017

NEZ088>093-111545-
Jefferson-Gage-Johnson-Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson-
837 PM CDT Mon Jul 10 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

Heat index readings on Tuesday afternoon may reach around 105
degrees in southeast Nebraska during the afternoon hours. A heat
advisory is in effect each day.

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

Hit-and-miss thunderstorms and heat index readings of 100 to 105
degrees or higher are possible through the upcoming week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed tonight or Monday.

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-111545-
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-
837 PM CDT Mon Jul 10 2017

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

A thunderstorm complex will move into the area tonight from the
western High plains. The best chance for thunderstorms will be
after midnight north of a Columbus to Blair to Harlan Iowa line.
Gusty winds of 40 to 60 mph will be the main hazard with the
strongest storms, but some small hail could also occur.

A slight chance for thunderstorms continues through the day on
Tuesday.

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

Hit-and-miss thunderstorms and heat index readings of 100 to 105
degrees or higher are possible through the upcoming week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed tonight or Monday.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXAntelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce48 min
Jul 10, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce28 min
Jul 10, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Cuming30 min
Jul 10, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne34 min
Jul 11, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Cuming, Thurston31 min
Jul 11, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXColfax, Cuming, Dodge44 min
Jul 11, 2:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOAXBurt, Cuming6 hr
Jul 11, 3:06 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryOAXGage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 1 more24 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.