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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 242
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 7, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT for 15 counties in Iowa; 41 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Burt County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Knox County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Clay County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Knox | 59 min |
| May 7, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 62 min |
| May 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 46 min |
| May 7, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 64 min |
| May 7, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| May 7, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Knox | 51 min |
| May 7, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Platte | 46 min |
| May 7, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Wayne | 42 min |
| May 8, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 57 min |
| May 8, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Howard | 58 min |
| May 8, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Colfax | 40 min |
| May 8, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton | 41 min |
| May 8, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 32 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 33 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Jackson, Scott | 5 hr |
| May 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Holt, Hooker, Keya Paha and 6 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000
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.