Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 311
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 21, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Page County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS, Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 3:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Grant and 13 more | 96 min |
| May 21, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Lincoln, Lyon and 11 more | 91 min |
| May 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 32 more | 61 min |
| May 21, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 32 more | 55 min |
| May 20, 11:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell and 25 more | 83 min |
| May 21, 1:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Campbell, Codington, Corson, Day, Dewey and 11 more | 97 min |
| May 21, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butte, Campbell, Corson, Harding, Perkins | 7 hr |
| May 21, 4:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Campbell, Corson | 83 min |
Nearby
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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.