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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2018, 3:58 PM CDT for Cedar County, Knox County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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 23, 2018, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2018, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cedar County, NE, Knox County, NE
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 23, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 355 PM CDT Sat Jun 23 2018 .SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Tuesday) Issued at 324 PM CDT Sat Jun 23 2018 Main forecast problems are thunderstorms and precipitation chances and any additional precipitation aggrivating flooding. Unsettled weather pattern forecast through Monday over the area. Upper low over northern Montana begins to drop southeast into the central Rockies and central High Plains tonight into Sunday. For the near term an upper shortwave trough is rotating around upper low on the South/North Dakota border, This has caused convection to develop over southeast South Dakota into northeast Nebraska. There is about 1500 J/Kg of ML CAPE over eastern Nebraska with no CIN. There is little bulk shear except in the 0-1Km layer. Expect thunderstarms may continue to develop further south of the storm near Knox County. Visible satellite imagery shows an area of agitated cumulus from Knox County to near Platte County. So thunderstorms may develop over that region his afternoon and then spread east. Models suggest an MCS may move across southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma tonight. The question is how much this will impact precipitation chances over Nebraska on Sunday. At this time it appear some shower and thunderstorm will move across in the early morning hours over eastern Nebraska. As upper trough over Monatna moves into the high plains tommorow, thunderstorm chances increase in eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa by midday Sunday and continues through the evening.Thunderstorms will continue into the evening and overnight on Sunday night as another MCS moves east across northern Kansas and possibly the southern tier of counties in Nebraska. This will have to be watched closely on Sunday night if there is a northward trend for the MCS to move across. This may warrant a flood watch over the southeast part of Nebraska as this area was inudated with heavy rain this past week. Precipitation chances will continue into Monday and Tuesday as upper low is cutoff off southeast South Dakota on Monday amd moves into southern Minnesota aon the day Tuesday. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Saturday) Issued at 324 PM CDT Sat Jun 23 2018 After Upper low exits the area on Tuesday, upper level ridging begins to move into the area. Temperatures begin to warm up into the 90s. There is a chance of thunderstorms on early Thursday and Saturday morning as nighttime convection rides over the upper ridge and moves across the area. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday afternoon) Issued at 1214 PM CDT Sat Jun 23 2018 A few isolated TSRA may pop up in the vicinity of KOMA for a few hours this afternoon. Otherwise...VFR expected thru the fcst pd. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...None. IA...None. && SHORT TERM...Smith LONG TERM...Smith AVIATION...DEE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 10:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pierce | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Stanton, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming, Stanton | 34 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.