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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Omaha, NE

June 21, 2020Platte County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2020, 1:17 AM CDT for Platte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 21, 2020, 1:17 AM CDT (06:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2020, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Platte 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.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 21, 12:50 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 12:50 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 11:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 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
Jun 20, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Saunders	27 min
Jun 20, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Knox	50 min
Jun 21, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Platte	40 min
Jun 21, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler	35 min
Jun 21, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Seward	33 min
Jun 21, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Colfax	31 min
Jun 21, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	33 min
Jun 21, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2020 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.