Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2002
57 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 57
- Busiest month
- August21 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- August 26, 20024 severe thunderstorm watches
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The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Richardson | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Butler, Cedar, Clay, Colfax, Cuming and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Colfax and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Richardson | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hall and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Burt, Butler, Cedar, Clay, Colfax and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Cass, Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Hamilton and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Chase and 26 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Clay, Custer, Dawson and 27 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Cherry and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Buffalo and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Box Butte, Dawes, Sheridan | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Arthur, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Butler, Clay, Colfax, Dodge and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dundy, Furnas, Harlan, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Dawson, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Butler, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hall and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Keya Paha, Knox and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Cass, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox, Pierce | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dakota, Dixon | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown and 42 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Grant and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dawson, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Hayes, Hitchcock and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Custer, Garfield, Greeley and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Dakota, Douglas, Sarpy, Thurston, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Cedar, Colfax and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax, Dodge and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Richardson | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cherry and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Clay and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Gage and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Dundy, Perkins | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes, Garden and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Hayes and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Perkins, Red Willow | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Dundy | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dakota, Dixon | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Cass, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Gage and 17 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dakota County19
- Dixon County17
- Hamilton County16
- Thurston County16
- York County16
- Cedar County15
- Fillmore County15
- Madison County15
- Seward County15
- Wayne County15
- Burt County14
- Clay County14
- Colfax County14
- Cuming County14
- Dodge County14
- Platte County14
- Polk County14
- Stanton County14
- Adams County14
- Hall County14
- Nance County13
- Nuckolls County13
- Pierce County13
- Thayer County13
- Washington County13
- Franklin County13
- Harlan County13
- Kearney County13
- Webster County13
- Garfield County13
- Butler County12
- Gage County12
- Merrick County12
- Buffalo County12
- Custer County12
- Dundy County12
- Hooker County12
- Loup County12
- McPherson County12
- Red Willow County12
53 more counties
- Valley County12
- Greeley County12
- Jefferson County11
- Lancaster County11
- Saline County11
- Cass County11
- Otoe County11
- Sarpy County11
- Arthur County11
- Furnas County11
- Hitchcock County11
- Keith County11
- Sherman County11
- Howard County11
- Wheeler County11
- Grant County11
- Douglas County10
- Phelps County10
- Blaine County10
- Dawson County10
- Frontier County10
- Gosper County10
- Holt County10
- Lincoln County10
- Logan County10
- Rock County10
- Thomas County10
- Boone County10
- Antelope County10
- Saunders County9
- Johnson County9
- Pawnee County9
- Knox County9
- Boyd County9
- Brown County9
- Chase County9
- Cherry County9
- Hayes County9
- Keya Paha County9
- Perkins County9
- Cheyenne County9
- Garden County9
- Morrill County8
- Sheridan County8
- Richardson County7
- Nemaha County7
- Box Butte County7
- Deuel County7
- Banner County6
- Dawes County6
- Kimball County6
- Scotts Bluff County6
- Sioux County5
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.