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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

August 4, 2016Shelby County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT for Shelby County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 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 4, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE

County Shelby 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 Aug 3, 6:29 PM CDT, 22 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 6:29 PM CDT, 22 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 5:01 PM CDT, 23 hours 59 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
Aug 4, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saline	39 min
Aug 4, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Sarpy	34 min
Aug 4, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Lancaster	47 min
Aug 4, 6:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Douglas, Sarpy	3 hr
Aug 4, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Harrison	46 min
Aug 4, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Mills, Pottawattamie	13 min
Aug 4, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Pottawattamie	3 min
Aug 4, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Mills	21 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Iowa, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.