Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1987, 7:23 PM CDT for Gage County, Lancaster County, Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 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
- Jun 24, 1987, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1987, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gage County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Saline 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 3564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 250023 TORLNK NEC151-109-067-250045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 723 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...EASTERN SALINE...SOUTHERN LANCASTER AND NORTHWEST GAGE TORNADO DAMAGE REPORTED ON A FARM 1 MILE WST AND 4 MILES NORTH OF CRETE AT 7PM. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOB"ILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. KENNEL
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, Jun 24, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 325 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 7PM CDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 553 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 550 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA JUST NORTH OF MONDAMIN IN HARRISON COUNTY IOWA. PEOPLE IN HARRISON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THIS STORM THROUGH 645 PM CDT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA NEAR BLAIR NEBRASKA SOUTH TOWARDS THE LINCOLN AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE AHEAD OF A LINE OF STRONG STORMS EXTENDING FROM BETWEEEN NORFOLK AND SIOUX CITY SOUTH TO THE GRAND ISLAND AREA WHICH HAVE PRODUCED SOME SEVERE WEATHER. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA. PEOPLE SHOULD BE WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF WEATHER CONDITIONS THREATEN. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 620 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 620 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM JUST WEST OF BELLEVUE SOUTH TOWARDS WEEPING WATER NEBRASKA OR ABOUT 10 TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE OMAHA METRO AREA. PEOPLE IN SARPY..CASS..AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES OF EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST POTTAWATTAMIE AND MILLS COUNTY OF WEST IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THESE STORMS THROUGH 720 PM CDT. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT ELMWWOD NEBRASKA WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. OTHER STRONGER STORMS ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM AROUND BLAIR NEBRASKA TO MONDAMIN IOWA ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF FREMONT OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF OMAHA. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:37 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 640 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 TORDNDO WATCH NUMBER 256 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EAST NEBRASKA.... < ZONE 3...NORTH CENTRAL BORDER BOYD...BROWN...HOLT...KEYA PAHA...ROCK. < ZONE 4...NORTHEAST BORDER ANTELOPE...CEDAR...KNOX...PIERCE...WAYNE. < ZONE 7...CENTRAL BLAINE...LOUP...CUSTER. < ZONE 8...NORTHEAST CENTRAL GARFIELD...GREELEY...VALLEY...WHEELER. < ZONE 9...NORTHEAST BOONE...MADISON...PLATTE...STANTON. < ZONE 13...SOUTHWEST CENTRAL DAWSON. < ZONE 14...SOUTH CENTRAL BUFFALO...HALL...HOWARD...MERRICK...NANCE...SHERMAN. < ZONE 17...SOUTHWEST BORDER FRONTIER...FURNAS...GOSPER...HARLAN...PHELPS...RED WILLOW. < ZONE 18...SOUTH CENTRAL BORDER ADAMS...FRANKLIN...KEARNEY... < THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED THROUGH THIS AREA AND THE RISK OF SEVER WEATHER HAS ENDED. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:52 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 650 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE OMAHA COUNCIL BLUFFS AREA SOUTH ABOUT 15 MILES TO WEST OF BELLEVUE NEBRASKA. REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 35 TO 45 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA. PEOPLE IN DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTY OF EAST NEBRASKA AND POTTAWATTAMIE AND MILLS COUNTY OF WEST IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE CONDITIONS THROUGH 750 PM CDT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA. PEOPLE SHOULD FEEP WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS. GW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:23 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 720 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 720 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA... STRONGEST STORMS POSSIBLE OF CONTAINING 40 TO 50 MPH AND HAIL WERE LOCATED AROUND MISSOURI VALLEY IOWA ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA.. NEAR ASHLAND NEBRASKA ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA AND JUST WEST OF OMAHA. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258 C!ONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST NEBRASKA AND WEST IOWA. PEOPLE SHOULD FEEP WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.