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Tornado Watch 141

April 17, 202523 counties in Iowa; 28 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 17, 2025, 4:48 PM CDT for 23 counties in Iowa; 28 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2025, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 3 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 51 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes: 40%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 20%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 50%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 70%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

34 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Polk, York	50 min
Apr 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Platte	50 min
Apr 17, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Hamilton, Polk, York	42 min
Apr 17, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Saunders	50 min
Apr 17, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Saunders	41 min
Apr 17, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward	52 min
Apr 17, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington	27 min
Apr 17, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Harrison, Pottawattamie	55 min
Apr 17, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Butler, Cass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward	42 min
Apr 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	33 min
Apr 17, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OAX	Cass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders	52 min
Apr 17, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Cass	45 min
Apr 17, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby	37 min
Apr 17, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Fremont, Mills	42 min
Apr 17, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OAX	Pottawattamie	56 min
Apr 17, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	51 min
Apr 17, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Fremont, Mills	49 min
Apr 17, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Cass	65 min
Apr 17, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	43 min
Apr 17, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	38 min
Apr 17, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Cass	40 min
Apr 17, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	24 min
Apr 17, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	47 min
Apr 17, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Adams, Taylor	53 min
Apr 17, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	OAX	Montgomery, Page	28 min
Apr 17, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Cass	48 min
Apr 17, 9:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	42 min
Apr 17, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	48 min
Apr 17, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Madison	45 min
Apr 17, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Clarke, Ringgold, Union	51 min
Apr 17, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren	47 min
Apr 17, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Polk, Warren	25 min
Apr 17, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Warren	42 min
Apr 17, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren	36 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 12:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 1 more	2 hr
Apr 17, 2:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Sac, Woodbury	2 hr
Apr 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 13 more	6 hr
Apr 17, 5:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Mills, Pottawattamie	87 min
Apr 17, 5:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Hancock and 9 more	2 hr
Apr 17, 6:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 14 more	83 min

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.