Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Omaha, NE

June 9, 2023Boone County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2023, 3:16 PM CDT for Boone County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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 9, 2023, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Boone County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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 9, 2:58 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:58 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:12 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
312 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-101015-
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-
312 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023

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

Thunderstorms and locally heavy rain are expected tonight through
Saturday. A few storms could be strong to severe, capable of
producing gusty winds, large hail, and localized flash flooding.

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

A few thunderstorms will linger into Saturday night, before drier
conditions return for Sunday through early next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Storm spotter activation is not anticipated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:52 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
252 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023

NEZ030-092015-
Boone NE-
252 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Boone
County through 315 PM CDT...

At 252 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northeast of Spalding, or 16 miles west of Albion, moving
southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree branches and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects
         is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Primrose.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4189 9829 4174 9810 4164 9813 4161 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 312DEG 10KT 4177 9831

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

DeWald
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
310 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023

NEZ030-092045-
Boone NE-
310 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Boone
County through 345 PM CDT...

At 309 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 3
miles northwest of Primrose, or 14 miles west of Albion, moving
southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree branches and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects
         is possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Primrose around 320 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4179 9829 4175 9811 4159 9809 4153 9821
      4151 9829 4178 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 335DEG 13KT 4165 9829

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

DeWald

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXAntelope18 min
Jun 9, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone23 min
Jun 9, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2023Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.