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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 303, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1998, 11:59 PM CDT for Sarpy County, Nebraska; Mills County, Iowa. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 20, 1998, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 1998, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mills County, IA, Sarpy County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 20, 9:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Washington | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Sarpy, Saunders | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 6:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Saunders | 4 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.