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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 2:36 PM CDT for Monona County, Iowa. It was in force for 24 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 24, 2004, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monona County, IA
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 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 24, 2:00 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:00 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 10:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1050 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-242330- ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS- FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON- MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE- PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD- SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- 1050 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THE MAIN TORNADO THREAT AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT COLUMBUS TO TEKAMAH AND ONAWA IOWA...ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF A WARM FRONT THAT IS MOVING INTO THE AREA. NORTH OF THAT LINE...THE MAIN THREAT IS LARGE HAIL...BUT TORNADOES ARE STILL POSSIBLE. VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS LIFTED NORTH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR SUGGESTS THAT SUPERCELL STORMS ARE LIKELY. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAIN AND ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND INCREASE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. IF STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL PROBABLY REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE WEEK... ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AND ALSO SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FUTURE OUTLOOKS WILL ADDRESS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE ALERT AND READY FOR ACTIVATION. CONFERENCE CALLS FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA WILL BE HELD AT NOON FOR GROUP A...AT 1210 PM GROUP B AND AT 1220 PM FOR GROUP C. MILLER
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 11:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 24, 11:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
1158 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 AM HAIL 1 SE PIERCE 42.19N 97.51W
05/24/2004 0.75 INCH PIERCE NE TRAINED SPOTTER
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JEKLocal storm report, May 24, 1:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
116 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0111 PM HAIL 3 N WHITING 42.17N 96.15W
05/24/2004 0.75 INCH MONONA IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
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JEKLocal storm report, May 24, 2:06 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
206 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM HAIL 1 NE DU BOIS 40.04N 96.03W
05/24/2004 0.88 INCH PAWNEE NE PUBLIC
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MEBLocal storm report, May 24, 2:21 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
221 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM HAIL HUMBOLDT 40.17N 95.94W
05/24/2004 1.00 INCH RICHARDSON NE PUBLIC
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MEBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Pierce | 42 min |
| May 24, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Otoe | 38 min |
| May 24, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Pierce, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 24, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Stanton | 29 min |
| May 24, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Thurston, Wayne | 28 min |
| May 24, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pawnee, Richardson | 52 min |
| May 24, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 53 min |
| May 24, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Richardson | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 42 min |
| May 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Saunders | 38 min |
| May 24, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Richardson | 14 min |
| May 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 42 min |
| May 24, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 55 min |
| May 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 38 min |
| May 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 66 min |
| May 24, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Saunders | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Sarpy | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Douglas | 4 hr |
| May 24, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 26 min |
| May 24, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 49 min |
| May 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Otoe | 44 min |
| May 24, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 67 min |
| May 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 55 min |
| May 24, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 28 min |
| May 24, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 4 hr |
| May 24, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Mills | 4 hr |
| May 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Fremont | 4 hr |
| May 24, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Page | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 4 hr |
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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.