Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE

February 25, 1998Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 1998, 3:53 PM CST for Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 1998, 3:53 PM CST (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 1998, 4:25 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Pottawattamie County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 25, 2:08 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:08 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
245 PM CST WED FEB 25 1998

MAIN FCST CHALLENGE THS PKG IS CHC FOR MSRBL PCPN IN WRAP ARND
ON S SIDE OF DEEP VERTICALLY STACKED UPR SYS.

SATL SHOWS DRY SLOT EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED THAN YDAS MDL PREDICTIONS.
SFC LO CNTRD NW OF LBF APRS NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED BNTH UPR
LO IN SAME LOCN.  SLO NEWD PROGRESS OF SYS PREDICTED BY ALL MDLS
SHLD PULL LO LVL MSTR IN WRAP ARND INTO SC NEB BY DAWN WTH NC KS
APRNTLY ESCAPING THE BULK OF IT.  LTL LIFT INDICATED BUT HI RH AND
CD ADVN ENUF FOR SOME PCPN...BUT WL OPT FOR NON MSRBL FLRYS
THU THRU FRI.  KS SECTION FURTHER FROM WRAP ARND SO NO MNTN OF
PCPN PAST THU.

MDLS IN NR TOTAL AGREEMENT PARKING SYSTEM OVR NC NEB AND CNTL SD
THRU FRI.  THAT LOCN LVS GID CWA IN WRAP ARND MSTR & CD ADVN
12-48 HRS AND BEYOND.  STATIONARY VERTICALLY STACKED FCST DEPICTED
BY ALL MDLS LOOKS RSNBL WTH SRN JET SEPARATING FROM SYS.  SEE NO
REAL CHG IN CONDS THU THRU FRI AND EVEN INTO WKEND.

GRI MM 036/039/028/035 1111
HEB MM 038/040/030/035 1111
ODX MM 032/035/026/032 1111
LXN MM 032/035/026/034 1111
BEL ME 040/045/030/038 0---

SCHURR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 25, 10:57 AM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-261200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1100 AM CST WED FEB 25 1997

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...

SPOTTER ACTION...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA MAY REQUIRE
ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
THERE REMAINS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO
SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT AND
A STRONG DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE INTERACT WITH AN
UNSEASONABLY WARM..MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS. ALTHOUGH UNCOMMON FOR
LATE FEBRUARY...DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS AND DEGREE
OF EXPECTED INSTABILITY...A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY TURN SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

POWERS
Special weather statement, Feb 25, 3:09 PM CST, 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 4:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson36 min
Feb 25, 4:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie32 min
Feb 25, 5:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.