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Special Weather Statement, NWS Omaha, NE

August 31, 2021Butler County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2021, 5:02 AM CDT for Butler 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

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The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2021, 5:02 AM CDT (10:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2021, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

County Butler 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 Aug 31, 3:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 3:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 4:14 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 1:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
145 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0135 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 WNW VALLEY            41.32N 96.37W
08/31/2021  M58 MPH          DOUGLAS            NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            PEAK WIND GUST OF 58 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE
            OFFICE.

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PF

Local storm report, Aug 31, 2:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
209 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 AM     TSTM WND GST     4 N GRETNA              41.20N 96.25W
08/31/2021  E60 MPH          DOUGLAS            NE   NWS EMPLOYEE

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Local storm report, Aug 31, 2:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 3:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 31, 4:38 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 5:02 AM 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
Aug 30, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox, Pierce, Wayne	46 min
Aug 30, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Wayne	44 min
Aug 30, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar	39 min
Aug 30, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Cuming, Stanton, Wayne	44 min
Aug 30, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Pierce, Wayne	54 min
Aug 30, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Pierce	23 min
Aug 30, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Knox	40 min
Aug 30, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cuming, Stanton, Wayne	48 min
Aug 30, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	24 min
Aug 31, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Stanton	45 min
Aug 31, 12:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cedar, Cuming, Knox, Pierce, Stanton, Thurston and 1 more	6 hr
Aug 31, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Knox, Pierce	36 min
Aug 31, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Washington	26 min
Aug 31, 12:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Burt, Washington	5 hr
Aug 31, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Cuming, Dodge, Saunders, Washington	29 min
Aug 31, 12:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Knox	5 hr
Aug 31, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington	37 min
Aug 31, 1:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Burt, Washington	4 hr
Aug 31, 1:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Stanton, Thurston and 1 more	6 hr
Aug 31, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington	23 min
Aug 31, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders	25 min
Aug 31, 1:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Knox, Pierce	4 hr
Aug 31, 1:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Washington	5 hr
Aug 31, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders	34 min
Aug 31, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	31 min
Aug 31, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Antelope	27 min
Aug 31, 5:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Butler	34 min
Aug 31, 5:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Butler, Cass, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Lancaster and 4 more	77 min
Aug 31, 5:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge and 7 more	9 hr
Aug 31, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Seward	34 min
Aug 31, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline	27 min
Aug 31, 6:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe and 1 more	47 min
Aug 31, 6:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Pawnee, Saline	32 min
Aug 31, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 1 more	48 min
Aug 31, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	10 min
Aug 30, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Monona	35 min
Aug 30, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	26 min
Aug 31, 2:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Pottawattamie	3 hr

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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.