Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2024

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Omaha, NE

May 6, 2024Butler County, Seward County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2024, 5:57 PM CDT for Butler County, Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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: May 6, 2024, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2024, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 May 6, 2:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
308 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-071015-
Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont-
Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-
Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler-
Saunders-Douglas-Sarpy-Seward-Lancaster-Cass-Otoe-Saline-
Jefferson-Gage-Johnson-Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson-
308 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest
Iowa...west central Iowa...east central Nebraska...northeast
Nebraska and southeast Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Tuesday

Severe thunderstorm chances continue through this evening as a line
of storms moves eastward across the area. The timeline for severe
weather Monday is 4-10 PM. All hazards are possible including
large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. Localized flooding is
also possible for areas where storms develop ahead of the line.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday night through Monday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed this evening.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2024 Every severe thunderstorm 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.