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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Omaha, NE

June 24, 1987Montgomery County, Page County, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1987, 8:44 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Page County, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1987, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1987, 9:35 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 8:47 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 58Page, IA
Jun 24, 8:47 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Page, IA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
650 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987

AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE OMAHA
COUNCIL BLUFFS AREA SOUTH ABOUT 15 MILES TO WEST OF BELLEVUE NEBRASKA.

REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA.

PEOPLE IN DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTY OF EAST NEBRASKA AND POTTAWATTAMIE
AND MILLS COUNTY OF WEST IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE CONDITIONS
THROUGH 750 PM CDT...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA.  PEOPLE SHOULD FEEP WEATHER ALERT AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS.
GW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
720 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987

AT 720 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST AT
35 MPH ACROSS EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA...

STRONGEST STORMS POSSIBLE OF CONTAINING 40 TO 50 MPH AND HAIL WERE
LOCATED AROUND MISSOURI VALLEY IOWA ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
OMAHA..  NEAR ASHLAND NEBRASKA ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA
AND JUST WEST OF OMAHA.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258 C!ONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA.  PEOPLE SHOULD FEEP WEATHER ALERT AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS.
GW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:47 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:03 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 24, 8:43 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline63 min
Jun 24, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Lancaster, Saline22 min
Jun 24, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy55 min
Jun 24, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe53 min
Jun 24, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie52 min
Jun 24, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.