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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE

October 26, 200830 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this freeze warning at Oct 26, 2008, 3:17 PM CDT for 30 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 27, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2008, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 27, 2008, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 27, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
All 38 counties

Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 26, 3:07 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 3:07 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 11:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1120 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-270000-
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-
1120 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THROUGH TONIGHT
ALONG TURKEY CREEK NEAR WILBER AND THE BIG BLUE RIVER NEAR CRETE.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR WITH A
HARD FREEZE FORECAST FOR THE AREA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

FOBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 3:33 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 24 more15 hr
Oct 26, 2:16 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cedar, Colfax and 9 more5 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Nebraska, 2008Freeze Warnings in Iowa, 2008Every freeze warning in 2008

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.