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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Omaha, NE

June 24, 2021Lancaster County, Saline County, Seward County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 5:55 PM CDT for Lancaster County, Saline County, Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2021, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lancaster County, NE, Saline County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 12:00Z, 10.9 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-488 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

192 
WUUS53 KOAX 242255
SVROAX
NEC109-151-159-242345-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SV.W.0075.210624T2255Z-210624T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska...
  Southeastern Seward County in southeastern Nebraska...
  Northeastern Saline County in southeastern Nebraska...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 555 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dorchester,
  or 21 miles southwest of Lincoln, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Crete around 610 PM CDT.
  Milford around 615 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Pleasant Dale.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 388 and
390.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4063 9712 4074 9713 4085 9690 4065 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 229DEG 12KT 4068 9706 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Petersen

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, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Dodge, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward50 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.