Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1986, 6:42 PM CST for Burt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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, 6:42 PM CST (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1986, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burt 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, 7:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Burt, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 KOMA 270042 TOROMA NEC021-053-177-270115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 642 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN BURT...EASTERN DODGE AND NORTHWEST WASHINGTON AT 640 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HOOPER NEBRASKA.. 38 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED. DAMAGE REPORTS OR OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 616 PM CST FOR WASHINGTON..AND EASTERN DODGE COUNTIES. BYRD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:23 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 415 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA..A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA..AND PART OF EXTREME WESTERN IOWA. AT 415 PM CST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR COLUMBUS AND 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK NEAR LINDY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST} AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN..WIND GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH..AND POSSIBLY HAIL. NEWMAN 2222Z
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:40 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 440 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 ...WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIVESTOCK PANHANDLE AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... A STORM SYSTEM IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT TONIGHT. THE FRONT LIES FROM MINNESOTA TO NEW MEXICO. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT. SNOW IS LIKELY TO BE MIXED IN IN NORTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN NORTHWEST NEBRASKA TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 30S WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. THE COLD RAIN..WET SNOW AND WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE STRESS FOR YOUNG LIVESTOCK TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER INTO THE 40S AND POSSIBLY 50S SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS NEBRASKA WILL BE RAIN SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE A COUPLE OF INCHES DEEP TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING IN THE HIGHERQ ELEVATIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. POWERS
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:50 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 450 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON... AT 450 PM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EEATERN NEBRASKA FROM NEAR PILGER ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA SOUTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS NEBRASKA AND FURTHER SOUTH TO WEST OF YORK NEBRAKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND ARE EXPECTED TO PASS BY OMAHA WELL TO THE WEST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND HAVE GENERATED LARGE HAIL AND SOME STRONG WINDS AND COULD GENERATE TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CST. NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY APPEARS LIKELY TO THREATEN THE OMAHA COUNCIL BLUFFS METROPOLITAN AREA BEFORE 6 PM CST. POWERS
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:50 PM CST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 550 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 111 IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA/WESTERN IOWA UNTIL 9PM CST... AT 550 PM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN NEBRASKA FROM NORTH EAST OF NORFOLK..WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HIT AROUND 510 PM CST... SOUTH TO JUST EAST OF COLUMBUS..THEN SOUTHWEST TOWARD GRAND ISLAND. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN DODGE COUNTY..55 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE UP TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CST. THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDNERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH IN THE OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 7PM CST. BYRD
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, 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, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 32 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.