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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE

April 5, 202430 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this high wind warning at Apr 5, 2024, 2:34 PM CDT for 30 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Apr 6, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 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 5, 2024, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
All 38 counties

Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 2024-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Apr 5, 11:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 11:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 2:19 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchOAXAntelope, Boone, Butler, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 9 more12 hr
Apr 5, 3:52 AM CDTFire Weather WatchOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more11 hr
Apr 5, 2:27 PM CDTRed Flag WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more31 hr
Apr 5, 2:34 PM CDTWind AdvisoryOAXBurt, Cass, Douglas, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe and 5 more26 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2024High Wind Warnings in Iowa, 2024Every high wind warning in 2024

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.