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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2023, 3:11 AM CST for 6 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 27, 2023, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2023, 3:11 AM CST (09:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
Counties Antelope County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Knox County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 8:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.9 | Bloomfield, NE | |
| Jan 28, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | 6 Sse Verdel, NE | |
| Jan 28, 8:31 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 8 W Thurston, NE | |
| Jan 28, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 Ese Crofton, NE | |
| Jan 28, 10:31 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 4 Wnw Crofton, NE | |
| Jan 28, 12:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.9 | Bloomfield, NE | UPDATES PREVIOUS HEAVY SNOW REPORT FROM BLOOMFIELD. TOTAL SNOW AS OF 12 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 3:11 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Antelope, Burt, Cuming, Madison, Pierce, Stanton and 2 more | 39 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.