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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

March 30, 2012Lancaster County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT for Lancaster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE

County Lancaster County, NE

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 30, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 4:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
402 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

NEZ031>033-042-043-302145-
STANTON NE-COLFAX NE-MADISON NE-CUMING NE-PLATTE NE-
402 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STANTON...COLFAX...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHWESTERN CUMING AND PLATTE COUNTIES
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINDSAY...OR 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON...CLARKSON...LEIGH...CRESTON...HUMPHREY AND CORNLEA.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4187 9765 4184 9699 4150 9708 4169 9767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 275DEG 34KT 4178 9762

PEARSON

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 4:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
431 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

NEZ017-018-032-302215-
STANTON NE-PIERCE NE-WAYNE NE-
431 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL STANTON...
SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE AND WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PIERCE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
NORFOLK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIERCE...WINSIDE AND HOSKINS.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4229 9748 4220 9697 4195 9711 4219 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 292DEG 18KT 4221 9746

KERN

Local storm report, Mar 30, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
443 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     HAIL             4 NE LINDSAY            41.74N 97.64W
03/30/2012  E1.00 INCH       PLATTE             NE   PUBLIC

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VDEWALD

Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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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.