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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Omaha, NE

December 18, 200822 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2008, 11:58 AM CST for 22 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 18, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 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: Dec 18, 2008, 11:58 AM CST (17:58 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 19, 2008, 4:00 AM CST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE

All 26 counties

Harrison County, IA, Monona 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, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 18, 3:29 AM CST, 8 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 3:29 AM CST, 8 hours 29 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
Dec 18, 3:52 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 1 more	24 hr
Dec 18, 3:52 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming and 13 more	17 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Nebraska, 2008 Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2008 Every winter storm 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.