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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Omaha, NE

May 24, 2004Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT for Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was in force for 60 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, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pottawattamie County, IA

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.

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, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 5:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
500 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ045-051>053-065>068-078-088>093-
250300-
CASS-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-
MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY IA-WASHINGTON-
500 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...
ENDING IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA BY 9 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...FLOODING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

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 SPOTTERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

IAZ043-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>044-050-250300-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-KNOX-MADISON-
MONONA IA-PIERCE-PLATTE-STANTON-THURSTON-WAYNE-
500 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

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 ACTIVATION IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.

FOBERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 4:12 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 4:30 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 4:34 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 4:36 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
436 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

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

0428 PM     HAIL             MILLARD                 41.21N 96.16W
05/24/2004  0.75 INCH        DOUGLAS            NE   PUBLIC

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JB

Local storm report, May 24, 4:38 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
438 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

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

0430 PM     HAIL             2 N THURMAN             40.85N 95.75W
05/24/2004  0.88 INCH        FREMONT            IA   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

JB

Local storm report, May 24, 4:41 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
441 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

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

0439 PM     TORNADO          3 NE THURMAN            40.85N 95.71W
05/24/2004                   FREMONT            IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JB

The 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, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	24 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, 5:07 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.