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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Omaha, NE

August 29, 2024Burt County, Nebraska; Harrison County, Monona County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2024, 4:31 PM CDT for Burt County, Nebraska; Harrison County, Monona County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 29, 2024, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harrison County, IA, Monona County, IA, Burt County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2024-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1295 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 12:00Z on 2024-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Madison36 min
Aug 29, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone, Madison, Platte44 min
Aug 29, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXButler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Lancaster, Saline and 3 more38 min
Aug 29, 3:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOAXWayne3 hr
Aug 29, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBurt, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy and 2 more48 min
Aug 29, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt, Washington45 min
Aug 29, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCass, Douglas, Otoe, Sarpy37 min
Aug 29, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie24 min
Aug 29, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Monona35 min
Aug 29, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPottawattamie, Shelby47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2024Severe 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.