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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Omaha, NE
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
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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.
- 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
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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Knox | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 39 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.