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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Omaha, NE

April 18, 20234 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2023, 11:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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: Apr 18, 2023, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2023, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce 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 Apr 18, 6:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 8:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 10:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 10:50 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 11:18 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 11:22 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 11:24 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 11:43 PM CDT, 4 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 18, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Seward	25 min
Apr 18, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Seward	49 min
Apr 18, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Platte	39 min
Apr 18, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward	37 min
Apr 18, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Dodge, Saunders	43 min
Apr 18, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders	39 min
Apr 18, 11:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Dodge	3 hr
Apr 19, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders	47 min
Apr 19, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Washington	41 min
Apr 19, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox	36 min
Apr 19, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Dodge, Thurston, Washington	54 min
Apr 19, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe	66 min
Apr 19, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	63 min
Apr 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Otoe	40 min
Apr 19, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Burt	68 min
Apr 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	49 min
Apr 19, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Pawnee	31 min
Apr 19, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	48 min
Apr 19, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Mills	43 min
Apr 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby	14 min
Apr 19, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Montgomery, Pottawattamie	43 min
Apr 19, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Mills	42 min
Apr 19, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Fremont	63 min
Apr 19, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Mills, Pottawattamie	55 min
Apr 19, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Monona	25 min

Nearby

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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.