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Tornado Warning 123, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2024, 6:02 PM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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 6, 2024, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Saline County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 6, 5:38 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 5:38 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 3:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 312 PM CDT Sat Jul 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- 312 PM CDT Sat Jul 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 Sunday A line of strong to severe storms is likely (60-80% chance) along and south of Interstate 80 early this evening with damaging wind and hail being the main hazards. The most likely timeframe for peak storm intensity is from 5 to 9 PM. Minor flooding will continue along the Missouri River from Brownville south to Rulo. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday night through Saturday Minor flooding will continue along the Missouri River at Brownville southward into this upcoming week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected, but reports of severe weather will be greatly appreciated this evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:44 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
544 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
IAZ055-056-069-062300-
Pottawattamie IA-Shelby IA-Harrison IA-
544 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM
CDT...
At 544 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Persia, or 15 miles southwest of Harlan, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Shelby, Minden, Persia, and Tennant.
This includes Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 27 and 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4146 9565 4158 9565 4164 9542 4146 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 264DEG 19KT 4155 9559
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
DeWaldThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline, Seward | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline, Seward | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 16 min |
| Jul 6, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 33 min |
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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.