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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Omaha, NE

June 15, 20224 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2022, 3:37 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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 15, 2022, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2022, 4:19 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2022-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1265 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 00:00Z on 2022-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 3:34 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:34 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 7:14 PM CDT, 8 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
714 PM CDT Tue Jun 14 2022

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-151415-
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-
714 PM CDT Tue Jun 14 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 Wednesday

Scattered thunderstorms developing along a frontal boundary over
southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa, will continue to drifting
northward through the overnight hours. Large hail, damaging winds,
and locally heavy rainfall are the primary hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday night through Tuesday

Thunderstorms may redevelop on Thursday evening south of the
Platte River. Severe weather is possible.

Hot and humid weather can be expected Saturday through Monday
with daytime highs again in the upper 90s to lower 100s.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Widespread spotter activation will probably not be needed tonight,
but spotters are encouraged to report severe weather if it
develops in your area.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Johnson42 min
Jun 14, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Johnson17 min
Jun 14, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass40 min
Jun 14, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXButler, Seward66 min
Jun 14, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster, Seward34 min
Jun 14, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXCass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders44 min
Jun 14, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe36 min
Jun 14, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Sarpy21 min
Jun 14, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders51 min
Jun 15, 12:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXDouglas, Sarpy58 min
Jun 15, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXButler, Lancaster, Seward40 min
Jun 15, 1:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders3 hr
Jun 15, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox25 min
Jun 15, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXButler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward48 min
Jun 15, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington17 min
Jun 15, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXButler22 min
Jun 15, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXButler11 min
Jun 15, 2:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaunders13 min
Jun 15, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXSaunders16 min
Jun 15, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Platte41 min
Jun 15, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Dodge, Washington30 min
Jun 14, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie38 min
Jun 14, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie19 min
Jun 14, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie11 min
Jun 15, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatOAXFremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie43 min
Jun 15, 12:11 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Montgomery17 min
Jun 15, 12:22 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Pottawattamie21 min
Jun 15, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie22 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2022Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.