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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Omaha, NE

May 29, 2018Pawnee County, Richardson County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2018, 2:55 AM CDT for Pawnee County, Richardson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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
May 29, 2018, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2018, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2018-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1535 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2018-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
1535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 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 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 May 28, 11:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 11:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:45 PM CDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
445 PM CDT Mon May 28 2018

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042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-291145-
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-
445 PM CDT Mon May 28 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest
Iowa...west central Iowa...east central Nebraska...northeast
Nebraska and southeast Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...Tonight through Tuesday night

Isolated thunderstorms are possible across the outlook area
through early evening and may briefly contain heavy rain, small
hail to nickel sized, gusty winds and lightning.

The combination of a weak upper level disturbance and heating into
the mid and upper 90s with abundant moisture may produce some
briefly strong storms. The environment does not favor long lasting
storms.

Later tonight and Tuesday we will see an increasing chance for
thunderstorms. Strong to severe storms will be possible with large
hail, damaging winds, heavy rain and lightning. Thunderstorms will
continue Tuesday night.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Thunderstorms may linger in western Iowa early Wednesday and a few
storms will be possible Thursday. The next chance for more
significant storms will be Friday night through Saturday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight but may be
needed Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening.

Zapotocny

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:33 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXNemaha12 min
May 29, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass, Douglas, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Richardson and 2 more29 min
May 29, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXNemaha, Otoe, Richardson44 min
May 29, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSarpy28 min
May 29, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas, Saunders29 min
May 29, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington25 min
May 29, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Dodge, Washington17 min
May 29, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Otoe27 min
May 29, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha, Otoe42 min
May 28, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXFremont, Mills24 min
May 29, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMontgomery28 min
May 29, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie26 min
May 29, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby14 min
May 29, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby21 min
May 29, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby18 min
May 29, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby30 min
May 29, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Pottawattamie36 min
May 29, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Page, Pottawattamie40 min
May 29, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison32 min
May 29, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie47 min
May 29, 5:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXMontgomery, Page, Pottawattamie3 hr
May 29, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPottawattamie46 min
May 28, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXHolt32 min

Nearby

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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.