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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Omaha, NE

May 31, 20245 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2024, 4:14 PM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2024, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2024, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Madison County, NE, Platte County, NE, Stanton County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at May 30, 6:48 PM CDT, 21 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:48 PM CDT, 21 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
May 30, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce	38 min
May 30, 10:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Pierce	6 hr
May 31, 4:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OAX	Antelope, Pierce	6 hr
May 31, 1:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Platte	13 min
May 31, 2:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Colfax, Platte	12 min
May 31, 3:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Colfax, Cuming, Madison, Platte, Stanton	42 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2024 Every flash flood warning in 2024

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.