Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1986, 8:28 PM CST for Lancaster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1986, 8:28 PM CST (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1986, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lancaster County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Lancaster, NE |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLNK 270228 TORLNK NEC109-270300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 828 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...LANCASTER AND THE CITY OF LINCOLN TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF PLEASANT DALE MOVING NORTHEAST. PLEASANT DALE IS 11 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN. PERSONS IN CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF LINCOLN AND THE VILLAGE OF PLEASANT DALE SHOULD TAKE COVER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT...INTERIOR HALLWAY OR2 ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IS THE SAFEST PLACE IN MOST BUILDINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. KENNEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Dodge, Washington | 18 min |
| Apr 26, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Burt | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 7:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saline | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy, Saunders | 55 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.