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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Omaha, NE

August 6, 2011Johnson County, Nemaha County, Otoe County, Nebraska; Fremont County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2011, 8:54 PM CDT for Johnson County, Nemaha County, Otoe County, Nebraska; Fremont County, Iowa. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 6, 2011, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fremont County, IA, Johnson County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 6, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 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 Aug 6, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 7:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 8:30 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 6, 8:32 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 6, 8:36 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 6, 8:45 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 6, 8:46 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 6, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline, Seward49 min
Aug 6, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone26 min
Aug 6, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Lancaster, Saline, Seward50 min
Aug 6, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone, Madison, Platte47 min
Aug 6, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Madison, Pierce46 min
Aug 6, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy, Saunders42 min
Aug 6, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy51 min
Aug 6, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe47 min
Aug 6, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Platte19 min
Aug 6, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Dodge, Platte, Saunders41 min
Aug 6, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne27 min
Aug 6, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Dodge, Douglas, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward45 min
Aug 6, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Pierce, Wayne40 min
Aug 6, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Lancaster, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders and 1 more47 min
Aug 6, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Otoe49 min
Aug 7, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders43 min
Aug 7, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders, Seward38 min
Aug 7, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe45 min
Aug 7, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Otoe51 min
Aug 7, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha44 min
Aug 7, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson41 min
Aug 7, 10:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson30 min
Aug 6, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison, Monona42 min
Aug 6, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXShelby46 min
Aug 6, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXFremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page43 min
Aug 6, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Page, Pottawattamie47 min
Aug 6, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXFremont, Page41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.