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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Omaha, NE

June 18, 1998Pottawattamie County, Shelby County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1998, 2:35 AM CDT for Pottawattamie County, Shelby County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 18, 1998, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1998, 3:20 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 18, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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, Jun 18, 2:05 AM CDT, 30 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
Jun 17, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone	61 min
Jun 17, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Boone	35 min
Jun 17, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Antelope	35 min
Jun 17, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone	61 min
Jun 17, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone	66 min
Jun 17, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope	32 min
Jun 17, 10:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Boone	3 hr
Jun 17, 10:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Boone, Madison, Platte	6 hr
Jun 17, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Madison	64 min
Jun 17, 10:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Madison	58 min
Jun 18, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Shelby	46 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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