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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Omaha, NE

March 25, 202610 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this red flag warning at Mar 25, 2026, 11:21 PM CDT for 10 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 26, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2026, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

Counties 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, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2026-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2026-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 1:11 PM CDTFire Weather WatchOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more19 hr
Mar 26, 1:11 PM CDTRed Flag WarningOAXBoone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming and 19 more31 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2026Every red flag warning in 2026

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.