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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE

April 5, 2021Burt County, Dodge County, Washington County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2021, 1:07 AM CDT for Burt County, Dodge County, Washington County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2021, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2021, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Burt County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 1:11 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 704 Wsw Kennard, NEMESONET STATION UP342 4.1 SW KENNARD (UPR).

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 2021-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 452 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
452 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

921 
WUUS53 KOAX 050607
SVROAX
NEC021-053-177-050630-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0003.210405T0607Z-210405T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
107 AM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Burt County in east central Nebraska...
  Western Washington County in east central Nebraska...
  Southeastern Dodge County in east central Nebraska...

* Until 130 AM CDT.

* At 106 AM CDT, outflow associated with weakening showers was 
  located near Arlington, or 25 miles northwest of Omaha, moving 
  northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Arlington, Nickerson, Kennard and Washington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4140 9641 4159 9650 4173 9637 4140 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 241DEG 24KT 4149 9641 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mead

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXButler39 min
Apr 4, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPlatte31 min
Apr 4, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Platte14 min
Apr 4, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXColfax28 min
Apr 5, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, Washington36 min
Apr 5, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas, Washington32 min
Apr 5, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXColfax, Dodge, Saunders55 min
Apr 5, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBurt52 min
Apr 5, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDodge, Douglas, Washington53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.