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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Omaha, NE

July 29, 20244 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2024, 1:59 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 29, 2024, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2024, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cedar County, NE, Knox County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2024-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1204 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 2024-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox38 min
Jul 29, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox, Pierce49 min
Jul 29, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox, Pierce, Wayne50 min
Jul 29, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox, Pierce50 min
Jul 29, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Cedar, Cuming, Thurston, Wayne44 min
Jul 29, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Cuming, Thurston12 min
Jul 29, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne17 min
Jul 29, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Thurston14 min
Jul 29, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Knox20 min
Jul 29, 4:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox, Pierce, Wayne24 min
Jul 29, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Pierce, Wayne15 min
Jul 29, 2:35 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningOAXBurt, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson and 11 more52 hr
Jul 29, 2:35 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more29 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.