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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Omaha, NE

June 2, 2020Monona County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2020, 9:17 PM CDT for Monona County, Iowa. It was in force for 28 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 2, 2020, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Monona County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2020-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1241 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 2020-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 Jun 2, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
634 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020

...Updated Aviation Forecast Discussion...

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 331 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020

Today and Tonight:
Temperatures across the area are at or above 90F. There still is
time for a little more warming. Heat indexes along the
Nebraska/South Dakota border are likely to approach 100F. A warm
elevated mixed layer across the area is in place and may hold long
enough to hinder severe weather development. The elevated mixed
layer will erode as a slow moving cold front (currently located
across central South Dakota down into central Nebraska extending
into the panhandle) moves across the area. Strong instability will
be in place as weak front approaches the area. Mixed Layer CAPE
values will be in excess of 3000 J/kg which could lead to a few
intense, but short lived storms. With low level lapse rates near 9
C/km and downdraft CAPE values above 1000 J/kg, strong winds would
be the most likely severe weather threat. Convective allowing
models (CAMs) show a severe weather threat in eastern Nebraska
beginning near 7 pm. A lack of strong shear and the loss of
maximum day time heating means the severe weather threat will
likely end by a 10 pm. After 10, rain showers associated with the
front are expected to move from northeast Nebraska into southeast
Nebraska and southwest Iowa.

Wednesday:
Overnight low temperatures will range from 63F in Norfolk to 70F
in Falls City. With the passage of the cold front from the
previous day, high temperatures will be about 7 to 10 degrees
cooler than the day before. The SPC has a portion of the forecast
area in a marginal risk for severe weather with hail and wind as
the primary threats. The cold front is expected to stall over
Kansas and could even move back into southern Nebraska. That
stalled front could lead to a precipitation chance over southern
Nebraska. Another area concern will be northeast Nebraska as an
upper level shortwave clips the area. High instability is expected
with surface based CAPE above 3000 J/kg. If precipitation can
overcome the elevated mixed layer, severe weather will be
possible.

Thursday:
The SPC has the entire forecast area in a slight risk for severe
weather. Strengthening of the ridge will allow for advection of a
warmer, more moist air mass into the area. An unstable environment
combined with expected strong shear and a shortwave coming off of
the Rocky Mountains could lead to a more widespread severe weather
threat for eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

Friday through Tuesday:
Outside of a slight chance on Saturday, the weekend is looking
mostly rain free. The upper level ridge will slowly start to move
to the east as an upper level low moves onto the West Coast.
Temperatures will won't vary by much over the weekend and will
likely be in the 85 to 94 degree range. Tuesday is the first
opportunity for a break from 90 degree temperatures. Medium range
guidance differs greatly this far out so there is little
confidence in any specific solution.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening)
Issued at 633 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020

VFR conditions will prevail through the forecast period.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...None.
IA...None.
&&

DISCUSSION...Fajman
AVIATION...DEE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
915 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020

IAZ043-030245-
Monona IA-
915 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONONA COUNTY UNTIL
945 PM CDT...

At 915 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles east of Whiting, or 31 miles southwest of Ida Grove, moving
east at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Castana, Rodney and Kennebec.

LAT...LON 4208 9608 4221 9607 4221 9582 4206 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 275DEG 14KT 4214 9602

DEWALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXKnox34 min
Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMonona30 min
Jun 2, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMonona39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.