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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2016, 9:05 AM CDT for Butler County, Colfax County, Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 31, 2016, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2016, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Saunders County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 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 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 Jul 31, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 535 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-010045- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 535 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A CHANCE OF MAINLY NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE 80S INTO THE 90S WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 100 DEGREES MONDAY INTO THURSDAY. A COOL FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK...BRINGING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 5:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
727 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
NEZ030>032-042-043-311330-
COLFAX NE-PLATTE NE-STANTON NE-BOONE NE-MADISON NE-
727 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STANTON...PLATTE...MADISON...
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE AND NORTHWESTERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM
CDT...
AT 727 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES WEST OF CRESTON...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORFOLK...COLUMBUS...MADISON...STANTON...BATTLE CREEK...
NEWMAN GROVE...ST.
EDWARD...CLARKSON...LEIGH...PILGER...DUNCAN...PLATTE CENTER...MONROE...
LINDSAY...CRESTON...HUMPHREY...TARNOV...CORNLEA...THE HIGHWAY 15 AND 32
JUNCTION AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF STANTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 93.
HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 369 AND 381.
HIGHWAY 81 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 110 AND 157.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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LAT...LON 4208 9759 4204 9705 4159 9703 4138 9741
4136 9753 4138 9760 4139 9760 4139 9763
4142 9770 4152 9771 4153 9788 4151 9789
4151 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 292DEG 26KT 4169 9745
PEARSONSpecial weather statement, Jul 31, 8:27 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 5:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Antelope | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 5:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Boone | 50 min |
| Jul 31, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Boone, Madison, Platte, Stanton | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 7:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Colfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Seward | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 9:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas, Saunders | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 47 min |
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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.