Alert archive / Nebraska / Wind Advisories in 2024

Wind Advisory 8, NWS Omaha, NE

October 28, 202414 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this wind advisory at Oct 28, 2024, 2:33 AM CDT for 14 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 29, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 28, 2024, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 29, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 30, 2024, 4:02 AM CDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

Counties Fremont County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Cass County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2024-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2024-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 2:36 AM CDTFire Weather WatchOAXButler, Cass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson and 10 more11 hr
Oct 28, 1:53 PM CDTRed Flag WarningOAXButler, Cass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson and 10 more30 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2024Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2024Every wind advisory 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.