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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Omaha, NE

May 22, 2004Johnson County, Lancaster County, Otoe County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2004, 11:09 PM CDT for Johnson County, Lancaster County, Otoe County, Nebraska. It was in force for 66 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
May 22, 2004, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2004, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Otoe County, NE

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

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 May 22, 1:50 PM CDT, 9 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 1:50 PM CDT, 9 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 5:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
510 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ015-030>034-042>045-050>053-230500-
BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-HARRISON IA-MADISON-
MONONA IA-PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SHELBY IA-STANTON-
THURSTON-WASHINGTON-
510 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE VERY LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FLOODING. ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES MAY
ALSO OCCUR. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. STORMS SHOULD EVENTUALLY EVOLVE
INTO A LARGE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LARGE
HAIL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM
CDT.

VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AS
LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS MOVES TO WEST CENTRAL IOWA
BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING THREAT
WILL LAST WELL INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS WELL AS LATE NEXT WEEK.  LATER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS WILL ADDRESS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. STORM
SPOTTER WILL BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ065>068-078-088>093-230500-
CASS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS IA-
MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SEWARD-
510 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. STRONG TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AS LOW
PRESSURE INTENSIFIES OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND MOVES TO WEST
CENTRAL IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
LAST INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS WELL AS LATE NEXT WEEK.  LATER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS WILL ADDRESS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. STORM
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.

NEZ011-012-016>018-230500-
ANTELOPE-CEDAR-KNOX-PIERCE-WAYNE-
510 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA.
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
FLOODING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. STORMS SHOULD EVENTUALLY EVOLVE
INTO A LARGE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LARGE
HAIL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM
CDT.

VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AS LOW
PRESSURE INTENSIFIES OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND MOVES TO WEST
CENTRAL IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING THREAT
WILL LAST WELL INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS WELL AS LATE NEXT WEEK.  LATER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS WILL ADDRESS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION LATER THIS EVENING.

FOBERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
613 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0605 PM     HAIL             SCHUYLER                41.45N 97.06W
05/22/2004  1.75 INCH        COLFAX             NE   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 22, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
651 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0642 PM     HAIL             1 W NORTH BEND          41.47N 96.80W
05/22/2004  1.75 INCH        DODGE              NE   AMATEUR RADIO

0643 PM     HAIL             6 NW NORTH BEND         41.53N 96.87W
05/22/2004  1.00 INCH        DODGE              NE   AMATEUR RADIO

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 22, 6:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
659 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0657 PM     HAIL             1 NE NORTH BEND         41.48N 96.77W
05/22/2004  2.75 INCH        DODGE              NE   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Washington59 min
May 22, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXDodge, Washington62 min
May 22, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson, Saline56 min
May 22, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Madison64 min
May 22, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte23 min
May 22, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Lancaster66 min
May 22, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSaline10 min
May 22, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSaline67 min
May 22, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSeward49 min
May 22, 9:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXDouglas, Washington6 hr
May 22, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe55 min
May 22, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Lancaster57 min
May 22, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson29 min
May 22, 9:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXLancaster, Saline6 hr
May 22, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass40 min
May 22, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSaline45 min
May 22, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe58 min
May 22, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson23 min
May 22, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXDodge6 hr
May 22, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXMadison6 hr
May 22, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Lancaster43 min
May 22, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Pierce38 min
May 22, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXStanton6 hr
May 22, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson, Saline60 min
May 22, 10:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXOtoe6 hr
May 22, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Jefferson66 min
May 22, 11:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXGage6 hr
May 22, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha64 min
May 23, 12:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXPierce4 hr
May 22, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby59 min
May 22, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby54 min
May 22, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXShelby39 min
May 22, 9:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXShelby6 hr
May 22, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills48 min
May 22, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery42 min
May 22, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery23 min
May 22, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXFremont, Page54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.