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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 1988, 4:44 PM CDT for Mills County, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 15, 1988, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1988, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mills 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Pottawattamie, 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 18 min |
| Jul 15, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pawnee | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 59 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.