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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Omaha, NE

May 31, 2024Colfax County, Platte County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2024, 2:18 PM CDT for Colfax County, Platte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 12 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 31, 2024, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2024, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Colfax County, NE, Platte County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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 tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 30, 6:48 PM CDT, 19 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:48 PM CDT, 19 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:29 PM CDT, 22 hours 49 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, 3:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Colfax, Cuming, Madison, Platte, Stanton	42 min
May 31, 4:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Colfax, Cuming, Madison, Platte, Stanton	6 hr

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.