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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Omaha, NE

May 29, 2008Washington County, Nebraska; Harrison County, Pottawattamie County, Shelby County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2008, 8:44 PM CDT for Washington County, Nebraska; Harrison County, Pottawattamie County, Shelby County, Iowa. 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: May 29, 2008, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harrison County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Washington County, NE

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 29, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 8:24 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 8:25 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 8:27 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 8:29 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 8:40 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 8:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Boone, Colfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton	3 hr
May 29, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Knox, Pierce	39 min
May 29, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Platte	34 min
May 29, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox	23 min
May 29, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Saunders, Washington	24 min
May 29, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Butler, Seward	51 min
May 29, 7:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Thurston, Washington	6 hr
May 29, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Washington	33 min
May 29, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Burt, Washington	27 min
May 29, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward	24 min
May 29, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Washington	23 min
May 29, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone, Colfax, Platte	28 min
May 29, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Platte, Stanton	28 min
May 29, 9:42 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline, Seward	78 min
May 29, 9:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Boone, Colfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton	5 hr
May 29, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Washington	49 min
May 29, 10:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Jefferson	43 min
May 29, 10:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	38 min
May 29, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward	46 min
May 29, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Pawnee	28 min
May 29, 11:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Saline	3 hr
May 29, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	34 min
May 30, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	38 min
May 30, 12:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	12 hr
May 30, 1:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Thurston, Washington	3 hr
May 30, 2:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Butler, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders	3 hr
May 30, 2:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Colfax, Platte	3 hr
May 30, 3:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	18 hr
May 30, 3:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Jefferson	21 hr
May 30, 3:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Butler	21 hr
May 30, 4:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Boone	3 hr
May 30, 5:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Saunders	23 hr
May 30, 5:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Platte	34 hr
May 30, 6:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Platte	3 hr
May 30, 7:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Washington	4 hr
May 30, 8:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope	12 hr
May 30, 9:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Otoe	4 days
May 30, 9:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Nemaha	22 days
May 30, 9:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Richardson	20 days
May 30, 9:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Pierce	47 hr
May 30, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	47 hr
May 30, 10:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Cuming	29 hr
May 30, 10:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Douglas	14 hr
May 30, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	19 hr
May 30, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Sarpy	71 hr
May 30, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Sarpy	3 days
May 30, 12:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Dodge	12 hr
May 30, 3:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Platte	24 hr
May 30, 3:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Colfax	12 hr
May 30, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Madison	12 hr
May 29, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Monona	32 min
May 29, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Monona	29 min
May 29, 8:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Monona	5 hr
May 29, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Shelby	31 min
May 29, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	39 min
May 30, 12:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Fremont, Page	31 min
May 30, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	39 min
May 30, 12:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Montgomery	20 min
May 30, 8:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Harrison	5 hr
May 30, 9:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	32 hr
May 30, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OAX	Fremont	10 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm 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.