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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Omaha, NE

June 4, 2005Otoe County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 6:13 PM CDT for Otoe County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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: Jun 4, 2005, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 6:55 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Otoe County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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
Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 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 Jun 4, 1:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:52 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
552 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-051115-
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-
552 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA. THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER BOUNDARY WITH SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
IS OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS EVENING.

IN ADDITION...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR FAR SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THIS AREA INCLUDES OTOE...JOHNSON...
NEMAHA...RICHARDSON AND PAWNEE COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA AND FREMONT
AND PAGE COUNTIES OF IOWA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER
MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...THAT AREA STANDS A
HIGHER CHANCE OF PICKING UP HEAVY RAIN. MUCH OF THAT AREA ALSO
RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EARLY FRIDAY.

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

THUNDERSTORMS COULD RETURN TO THE AREA AS EARLY AS MONDAY NIGHT BUT
ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY PERIODS
WHEN SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED FOR THIS EVENING.

ZAPOTOCNY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:52 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
552 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

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

0530 PM     HAIL             SALEM                   40.08N 95.73W
06/04/2005  0.75 INCH        RICHARDSON         NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Richardson	30 min
Jun 4, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Richardson	47 min
Jun 4, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Richardson	27 min
Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha	32 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass	30 min
Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	40 min
Jun 4, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	27 min
Jun 4, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Pottawattamie	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.