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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Omaha, NE

July 29, 20245 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2024, 11:26 PM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cedar County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 29, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 322 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2024-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2730 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2024-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
2730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox39 min
Jul 29, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox52 min
Jul 29, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce, Wayne38 min
Jul 29, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOAXCedar23 min
Jul 29, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Cuming, Thurston, Wayne45 min
Jul 30, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Washington43 min
Jul 30, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDouglas, Sarpy23 min
Jul 30, 11:25 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOAXButler, Colfax, Cuming, Platte, Stanton, Thurston32 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2024Every severe thunderstorm 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.