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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Omaha, NE

June 24, 1998Burt County, Washington County, Nebraska; Monona County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1998, 10:06 PM CDT for Burt County, Washington County, Nebraska; Monona County, Iowa. It was in force for 64 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
Jun 24, 1998, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1998, 11:10 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monona County, IA, Burt County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 10:32 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Craig, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 24, 5:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-251200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
513 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1998

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

SPOTTER ACTION...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT IN
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

DISCUSSION...
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA
WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND
WESTERN IOWA.  A DRYLINE ALSO EXTENDED SOUTH FROM THE SURFACE LOW INTO
CENTRAL KANSAS.  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE
WARM FRONT TONIGHT.  THEREFORE...THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...GENERALLY
NORTH OF A NORFOLK TO PENDER TO ONAWA IOWA LINE.

FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE DRYLINE...WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER LEVELS
OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE EXPECTED TO LIMIT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
HOWEVER...IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP...THEY WILL HAVE A GOOD
CHANCE OF BECOMING SEVERE.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS...BUT A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH STORMS
MOVING ALONG THE WARM FRONT.

MEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Knox64 min
Jun 24, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXKnox62 min
Jun 24, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson48 min
Jun 24, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler49 min
Jun 24, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Saunders64 min
Jun 24, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPawnee, Richardson65 min
Jun 24, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha63 min
Jun 24, 11:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXDodge4 hr
Jun 25, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt36 min
Jun 25, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1998Severe 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.