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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Omaha, NE

April 29, 2022Cass County, Douglas County, Sarpy County, Nebraska; Mills County, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2022, 8:26 PM CDT for Cass County, Douglas County, Sarpy County, Nebraska; Mills County, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was in force for 37 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
Apr 29, 2022, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2022, 9:03 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Mills County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Cass County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Sarpy County, NE

The radar

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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
Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

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 Apr 29, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
638 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022

...Updated Aviation Forecast Discussion...

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 341 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022

Tonight...

A potent storm system will affect the region this evening bringing
the threat of significant severe to eastern Nebraska and southwest
Iowa.

Early morning thunderstorms moving out of southwest Iowa managed to
produce some severe gusts with evaporative processes behind a
departing mesolow. Brief clearing behind this precipitation will
allow a robust CAPE corridor of 1500-3000 J/kg over south-central
Nebraska. Storms firing to our east late this afternoon will reach
our forecast area in eastern Nebraska around 6-7 PM this evening.
Large looping hodographs indicate strong rotation in the lower
levels. SRH will increase to around 300 m2s2 in the 0-1 km range,
with surface winds backed to the southeast ahead of the incoming
low. Should any supercells develop out ahead of the primary line of
storms, they could pose an initial tornado threat. Given the strong
forcing, expect storms to intensify very quickly. This will likely
lead convection to quickly congeal into a QLCS/supercell combo with
the potential for large hail, strong winds and tornadoes, eventually
transitioning to a QLCS with the potential for strong winds along
with an embedded mesovorticy tornado threat. The latest SPC outlook
seems to hit the mark highlighting the primary threat across far
southeast Nebraska, with an enhanced risk spreading across all of
the forecast area, except for northeast Nebraska.

Heavy rain remains a concern as well, given the heavy rain that fell
last night.  Platte and Madison counties would be especially
vulnerable after having received reports of up to 10" of
rainfall.

Saturday and Sunday...

A tightening pressure gradient on the back side of the passing low
will bring gusty northwest winds to the region Saturday. Gusts up to
45kts will be possible over northeast Nebraska, prompting us to
hoist Wind Advisory for that area.

Lingering precipitation will finally exit to the northeast Saturday
night, allowing dry weather to prevail on Sunday. While not as
breezy, gusty winds up to 30 kts are expected to persist into
Sunday.

Next Week...

Active weather will continue next week, with another round of strong
storms possible in the central plains Monday through Monday night.
Periodic showers and thunderstorm chances will continue through next
week with highs generally in the 60s and lows in the 40s.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday evening)
Issued at 630 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022

Strong to severe storms are beginning to overspread eastern
Nebraska. Expect MVFR to IFR conditions to continue as storms
roll through this evening. A brief window of VFR conditions may
return behind the line of strong storms overnight, before MVFR
cover returns Saturday morning. Northwesterly winds will wrap into
the region, as well, Saturday. Gusts of 30-40 kts will be
possible through the morning and into the afternoon.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...Wind Advisory from 11 AM to 7 PM CDT Saturday for NEZ011-012-
     015>018-030>033-042-043.

IA...None.
&&

DISCUSSION...KG
AVIATION...KG
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
354 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-301100-
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-
354 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 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 Saturday

Severe storms appear likely between 6 PM and 11 PM, mainly along
and south of an Albion to Sioux City line. All hazards are
possible, including a few tornadoes, hail to size of limes,
damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph, and localized flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday night through Friday

Strong northwest winds with gusts of 50 to 55 mph are possible on
Saturday.

Thunderstorm activity may return to the region on Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 7:56 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
756 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     TSTM WND GST     LEWISTON                40.25N 96.41W
04/29/2022  M80 MPH          PAWNEE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF
            81 MPH.

&&

PF
Local storm report, Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
758 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0757 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 NNW STAPLEHURST       40.99N 97.18W
04/29/2022                   SEWARD             NE   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.

&&

PF
Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:05 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
805 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0752 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E DAYKIN              40.32N 97.28W
04/29/2022                   JEFFERSON          NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BUILDING AND GRAIN BINS LOST ROOFS INTO
            POWER LINES.

&&

DEWALD
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone, Butler, Colfax, Platte44 min
Apr 29, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Johnson, Pawnee46 min
Apr 29, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Cuming, Madison, Platte, Stanton23 min
Apr 29, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Jefferson, Saline, Seward44 min
Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Johnson, Pawnee41 min
Apr 29, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Johnson39 min
Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Platte, Saunders49 min
Apr 29, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSeward28 min
Apr 29, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJohnson, Pawnee26 min
Apr 29, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson47 min
Apr 29, 7:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXGage3 hr
Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Cuming, Dodge, Stanton28 min
Apr 29, 8:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXBoone, Butler, Madison, Platte3 hr
Apr 29, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Dodge, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward38 min
Apr 29, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe52 min
Apr 29, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe35 min
Apr 29, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCuming, Stanton, Wayne12 min
Apr 29, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatOAXCass, Nemaha, Otoe43 min
Apr 29, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Cuming, Thurston, Washington28 min
Apr 29, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMonona15 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.