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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

April 4, 2021Butler County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2021, 8:21 PM CDT for Butler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
Apr 4, 2021, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

County Butler County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.

693 
WWUS83 KOAX 050121
SPSOAX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
821 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021
 
NEZ050-065-050200-
Seward NE-Butler NE-
821 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SEWARD AND SOUTHERN
BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

At 820 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles east of Stromsburg, or 16 miles north of York, moving east at
35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Seward, David City, Utica, Rising City, Brainard, Staplehurst,
Dwight, Bee, Ulysses, Garrison, Surprise and Tamora.

LAT...LON 4129 9701 4089 9699 4090 9737 4129 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 268DEG 31KT 4110 9747 

$$

Mead

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Dodge, Washington23 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
Apr 5, 3:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXHarrison, Pottawattamie51 min
Apr 5, 6:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXHarrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby47 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.