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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

May 30, 2016Harrison County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT for Harrison County, Iowa. It was in force for 31 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: May 30, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE

County Harrison County, IA

The radar

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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 May 29, 6:09 PM CDT, 23 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:09 PM CDT, 23 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Gage, Saline	24 hr
May 29, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Richardson	32 min
May 29, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Richardson	33 min
May 29, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Seward	28 min
May 29, 11:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Boone	48 min
May 29, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Antelope	39 min
May 29, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope	40 min
May 30, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pierce	53 min
May 30, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Knox	40 min
May 30, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Knox	17 min
May 30, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass, Sarpy	41 min
May 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Johnson	33 min
May 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	35 min
May 30, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	32 min
May 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Otoe	43 min
May 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Washington	45 min
May 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	47 min
May 30, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	23 min
May 30, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	26 min
May 30, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	25 min
May 30, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Page	34 min
May 30, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Harrison	33 min
May 30, 6:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Page	3 hr

Nearby

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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.