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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Omaha, NE

April 28, 20255 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this red flag warning at Apr 28, 2025, 3:19 AM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 28, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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: Apr 28, 2025, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 28, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 28, 2025, 8:56 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE

Counties Butler County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Saline County, NE, Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Apr 28, 3:02 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:02 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 8:54 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 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 28, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Knox	25 min
Apr 28, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox	31 min
Apr 28, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Boone, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne	31 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska, 2025 Every red flag 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.