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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Omaha, NE

March 5, 2006Lancaster County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 2006, 2:40 AM CST for Lancaster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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: Mar 5, 2006, 2:40 AM CST (08:40 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2006, 3:11 AM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lancaster County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 4, 3:02 PM CST, 11 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 3:02 PM CST, 11 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 5:00 PM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
500 PM CST SAT MAR 4 2006

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-051300-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
500 PM CST SAT MAR 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...AND MOVE OUT OF WESTERN IOWA SUNDAY
MORNING. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AS A
SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES AFFECTS THE REGION. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR SUNDAY...HOWEVER
STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF HAIL IF IT IS
HALF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER.

ZAPOTOCNY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 2:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Seward	31 min
Mar 5, 2:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass	38 min
Mar 5, 3:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Otoe	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.