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Extreme Cold Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE

February 18, 202530 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 18, 2025, 2:21 PM CST for 30 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 19, 2025, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 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
Feb 18, 2025, 2:21 PM CST (20:21 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2025, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 20, 2025, 9:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
All 38 counties

Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 2:51 AM CSTCold Weather AdvisoryOAXCass, Douglas, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 3 more33 hr
Feb 18, 11:45 AM CSTCold Weather AdvisoryOAXGage, Jefferson24 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Nebraska, 2025Extreme Cold Warnings in Iowa, 2025Every extreme cold warning in 2025

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.