Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1996, 6:40 PM CDT for Lancaster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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 22, 1996, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lancaster County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:57 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lincoln, 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.
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 22, 4:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093- IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-231200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 4PM CDT WED MAY 22 1996 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA... SPOTTER ACTION... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. DISCUSSION... DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT LIFTING THROUGH NORTHERN KANSAS WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE SEVERE IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE EVENING. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA OR NORTHERN KANSAS...PROVIDING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. ZAPOTOCNY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 69 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.