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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2024, 5:55 PM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
- May 6, 2024, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2024, 6:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Madison County, NE, Platte County, NE, Stanton County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 2:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 308 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-071015- Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont- Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison- Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler- Saunders-Douglas-Sarpy-Seward-Lancaster-Cass-Otoe-Saline- Jefferson-Gage-Johnson-Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson- 308 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Iowa...west central Iowa...east central Nebraska...northeast Nebraska and southeast Nebraska. .DAY ONE...Tonight and Tuesday Severe thunderstorm chances continue through this evening as a line of storms moves eastward across the area. The timeline for severe weather Monday is 4-10 PM. All hazards are possible including large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. Localized flooding is also possible for areas where storms develop ahead of the line. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday night through Monday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed this evening.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 48 min |
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.