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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

July 30, 2021Pottawattamie County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2021, 8:06 PM CDT for Pottawattamie County, Iowa. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 30, 2021, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE

County Pottawattamie 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:23 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:54 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:06 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
Jul 30, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saunders	37 min
Jul 30, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Lancaster	36 min
Jul 30, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Lancaster	28 min
Jul 30, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Otoe	45 min
Jul 31, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Boone	54 min
Jul 31, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax	32 min
Jul 31, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Platte	35 min
Jul 31, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Douglas	42 min
Jul 31, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Saunders	39 min
Jul 31, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass, Lancaster	55 min
Jul 30, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie, Shelby	33 min
Jul 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	33 min
Jul 30, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Page	42 min
Jul 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	32 min
Jul 30, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Page	51 min
Jul 30, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Page	18 min
Jul 31, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pottawattamie	76 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.