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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Omaha, NE

June 5, 2022Douglas County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2022, 5:07 PM CDT for Douglas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 109 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 5, 2022, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2022, 6:56 PM CDT
In force
109 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Douglas County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 2022-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2022-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 5, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
259 PM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022

...Updated Forecast Discussion...

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 255 PM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022

Today and Tonight...

Stubborn patchy dense fog lingered over northeast Nebraska through
the morning, dropping visibilities to a quarter of a mile or less,
from Norfolk through Wayne. A weakening MCS drifted out of north-
central NE/southern South Dakota and into northeast Nebraska this
morning, which appeared to help to finally clear up some of the
fog.

Meanwhile, around 1000 J/kg of instability and steepening lapse
rates over central Nebraska allowed a few storms to pop late this
morning. While one or two of these initial cells has shown promise
in being capable of producing a bit of hail and some gusty winds,
they have generally fallen apart as they approach the OAX CWA.

This evening, additional showers and thunderstorms are expected to
develop even farther to our west, over central Nebraska, along a
stalled boundary that has set up over the region. Steep mid-level
lapse rates, 30 kts of bulk shear, and a surge of moisture returning
to central Nebraska will bring a better shot for severe weather this
evening, from around 6 PM through midnight. One caveat here would be
if morning convection leaves behind an overworked atmosphere, which
would be inhospitable for severe updrafts. In this scenario, the
better chance for stronger storms would be mainly south of the
Platte River, in areas unaffected by earlier convection. A few runs
of the HRRR also hint at another line of convection developing over
northeast Nebraska, along the stationary boundary.  If the
atmosphere has time to recover, these too could produce gusty winds
and hail.

Monday and Beyond...

A few spotty showers and thunderstorms look possible, Monday, however
no severe weather is expected at this time.  Highs will top out in
the 70s each day, with periodic chances for precipitation. The next
chance for severe weather looks to arrive Thursday, when an MCS
could develop and pass through the region.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday afternoon)
Issued at 1225 PM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022

A few showers and perhaps a thunderstorm will make it through
Norfolk this afternoon. Another round of stronger storms will be
possible around 00Z this evening. There remains quite a bit of
uncertainty as to where and when storms might develop. Best guess
right now is that they will be at KOFK by 00Z, KOMA by 01Z, and
KLNK closer to 02Z.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...None.
IA...None.
&&

DISCUSSION...KG
AVIATION...KG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
317 PM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022

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Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont-
Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-
Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler-
Saunders-Douglas-Sarpy-Seward-Lancaster-Cass-Otoe-Saline-
Jefferson-Gage-Johnson-Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson-
317 PM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest
Iowa...west central Iowa...east central Nebraska...northeast
Nebraska and southeast Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Monday

Severe storms will be possible this evening with large hail and
damaging winds the primary threats, especially across southeast
Nebraska.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday night through Sunday

Periodic thunderstorm chances will persist between Monday and
Friday of next week. At this time the best chance for severe
storms appears to be Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler34 min
Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax30 min
Jun 4, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler34 min
Jun 4, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax11 min
Jun 4, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler15 min
Jun 4, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPlatte8 min
Jun 4, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPlatte16 min
Jun 4, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte21 min
Jun 4, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone15 min
Jun 4, 11:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone8 min
Jun 4, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone17 min
Jun 5, 4:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXDouglas, Sarpy108 min
Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDouglas27 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXRichardson32 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXRichardson48 min
Jun 5, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXHarrison35 min
Jun 5, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXShelby23 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.