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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Omaha, NE

June 3, 20084 counties in Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2008, 6:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 52 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 3, 2008, 6:08 AM CDT (11:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fremont County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 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 3, 4:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 2, 3:24 PM CDT, 14 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:24 PM CDT, 14 hours 44 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
Jun 3, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox	26 min
Jun 3, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox, Pierce	36 min
Jun 3, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Wayne	31 min
Jun 3, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Thurston	42 min
Jun 3, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Saline, Seward	49 min
Jun 3, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster	46 min
Jun 3, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Otoe	52 min
Jun 3, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	51 min
Jun 3, 6:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	105 min
Jun 3, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	33 min
Jun 3, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie, Shelby	23 min
Jun 3, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Shelby	37 min
Jun 3, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Page	51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 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.