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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Omaha, NE

June 24, 20216 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 1:55 AM CDT for 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. 5 reports 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
Jun 24, 2021, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
65.0 mph

Counties Butler County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 2:13 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGCedar Bluffs, NEPOWERLINES DOWN.
Jun 24, 2:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGColon, NELARGE OAK TREE BLOWN OVER NEAR ST. JOSEPHS CHURCH IN COLON.
Jun 24, 2:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMead, NEPOWERLINES DOWN.
Jun 24, 2:37 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGCedar Bluffs, NEREPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN.
Jun 24, 2:50 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 654 S Inglewood, NEMEASURED ON PERSONAL WEATHER STATION.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2039 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 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
2039 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-306 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

894 
WUUS53 KOAX 240655
SVROAX
NEC023-037-053-109-155-159-240745-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0066.210624T0655Z-210624T0745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
155 AM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Colfax County in northeastern Nebraska...
  Northwestern Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska...
  Southwestern Dodge County in east central Nebraska...
  Seward County in southeastern Nebraska...
  Butler County in east central Nebraska...
  Saunders County in east central Nebraska...

* Until 245 AM CDT.

* At 155 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles southeast of Schuyler to 4 miles north of
  Gresham, moving southeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...65 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Prague and Ulysses around 205 AM CDT.
  Weston, Staplehurst and Bee around 215 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Seward, Wahoo, Mead, Garland, Milford and Pleasant Dale.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 366 and
388.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4121 9737 4149 9693 4140 9634 4139 9647
      4136 9642 4133 9640 4132 9641 4126 9635
      4121 9636 4069 9707 4070 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0655Z 307DEG 44KT 4140 9694 4110 9742 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...65MPH
 
$$

Nicolaisen

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Knox, Madison, Pierce48 min
Jun 24, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne48 min
Jun 24, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Madison, Platte50 min
Jun 24, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Colfax, Cuming, Madison, Pierce and 3 more47 min
Jun 24, 1:11 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXMadison, Stanton34 min
Jun 24, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Madison and 5 more23 min
Jun 24, 1:41 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax, Cuming, Dodge, Stanton34 min
Jun 24, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas and 7 more47 min
Jun 24, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders and 2 more60 min
Jun 24, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline and 1 more51 min
Jun 24, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Sarpy39 min
Jun 24, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Sarpy36 min
Jun 24, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson58 min
Jun 24, 2:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchOAXCass, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha and 4 more37 hr
Jun 24, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe40 min
Jun 24, 5:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe4 hr
Jun 24, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Saline, Seward40 min
Jun 24, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe47 min
Jun 24, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy, Saunders54 min
Jun 24, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster, Saline, Seward50 min
Jun 24, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe38 min
Jun 24, 6:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXPawnee, Richardson8 hr
Jun 24, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Lancaster, Saline, Seward48 min
Jun 24, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDouglas89 min
Jun 24, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson47 min
Jun 24, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCass3 hr
Jun 24, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXRichardson41 min
Jun 24, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe47 min
Jun 24, 6:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXSaline, Seward3 hr

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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.