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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

April 4, 2021Colfax County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2021, 11:47 PM CDT for Colfax County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2021, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE

County Colfax County, NE

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 4, 7:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 7:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 12:03 PM CDT, 11 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 8:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
821 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021

NEZ050-065-050200-
Seward NE-Butler NE-
821 PM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SEWARD AND SOUTHERN
BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

At 820 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles east of Stromsburg, or 16 miles north of York, moving east at
35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Seward, David City, Utica, Rising City, Brainard, Staplehurst,
Dwight, Bee, Ulysses, Garrison, Surprise and Tamora.

LAT...LON 4129 9701 4089 9699 4090 9737 4129 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 268DEG 31KT 4110 9747

Mead

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 10:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 11:05 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 11:47 PM CDT, 0 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
Apr 4, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Butler	39 min
Apr 4, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Platte	31 min
Apr 4, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Platte	14 min
Apr 5, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, Washington	36 min
Apr 5, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Washington	23 min
Apr 5, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Washington	32 min
Apr 5, 2:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Colfax, Dodge, Saunders	55 min
Apr 5, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Burt	52 min
Apr 5, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Washington	53 min
Apr 5, 3:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Harrison, Pottawattamie	51 min
Apr 5, 6:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	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.