Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE
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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 32 min |
| Feb 25, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 33 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.