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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE

May 19, 1988Burt County, Washington County, Nebraska; Harrison County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1988, 6:36 PM CDT for Burt County, Washington County, Nebraska; Harrison County, Iowa. It was in force for 69 min. 1 report 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: May 19, 1988, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 1988, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, IA, Burt County, NE, Washington County, NE

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 6:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Burt, NE

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, May 19, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 5:52 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Burt	26 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills	63 min
May 19, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1988 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1988 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.