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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Omaha, NE

May 2, 2015Dodge County, Saunders County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2015, 9:07 PM CDT for Dodge County, Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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 2, 2015, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Dodge County, NE, Saunders County, NE

The radar

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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 2, 8:14 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 2, 8:36 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 8:38 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 2, 8:44 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 8:55 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 2, 9:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Dodge40 min
May 2, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBoone41 min
May 2, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXWashington37 min
May 2, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope, Madison, Pierce34 min
May 2, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXDodge35 min
May 2, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone21 min
May 2, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Pierce16 min
May 2, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Platte17 min
May 2, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Cuming, Dodge36 min
May 2, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBurt, Douglas, Washington41 min
May 2, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Platte35 min
May 2, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXButler51 min
May 2, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Saunders41 min
May 2, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Cuming, Dodge, Stanton29 min
May 3, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXBurt, Cuming42 min
May 3, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXLancaster27 min
May 3, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXLancaster34 min
May 3, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster28 min
May 3, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster31 min
May 3, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster30 min
May 3, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXCuming49 min
May 3, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster, Otoe31 min
May 3, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming, Stanton40 min
May 3, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJohnson, Otoe39 min
May 3, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.