Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements in 2015

Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

August 2, 2015Harrison County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2015, 3:39 AM CDT for Harrison County, Iowa. It was in force for 51 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: Aug 2, 2015, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2015, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE

County Harrison County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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 Aug 1, 11:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 11:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:30 PM CDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 1, 10:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:39 AM CDT, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
239 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

NEZ033-034-043>045-020830-
DODGE NE-COLFAX NE-WASHINGTON NE-BURT NE-CUMING NE-
239 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DODGE...NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN CUMING...NORTHEASTERN COLFAX AND SOUTH
CENTRAL BURT COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

AT 238 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DODGE...OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCRIBNER...HOOPER...DODGE...HOWELLS...NICKERSON...SNYDER...WINSLOW...
7 MILES NORTH OF NORTH BEND AND DEAD TIMBER STATE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 140.
 HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 120 AND 132.

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 4177 9699 4171 9632 4161 9629 4147 9638
      4159 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 278DEG 37KT 4167 9690

KG

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:39 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Dodge	51 min
Aug 2, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Washington	25 min
Aug 2, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler	59 min
Aug 2, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Shelby	26 min
Aug 2, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Shelby	34 min
Aug 2, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby	45 min
Aug 2, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Fremont	51 min
Aug 2, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery	49 min
Aug 2, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Mills	50 min
Aug 2, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills	61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Iowa, 2015 Every special weather statement 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.