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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE

March 26, 1991Dodge County, Washington County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 1991, 9:28 PM CST for Dodge County, Washington 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
Mar 26, 1991, 9:28 PM CST (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 1991, 10:00 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, NE, Washington County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 9:55 PM CSTHail 0.75Dodge, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 292 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 413 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 7:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson64 min
Mar 26, 7:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster48 min
Mar 26, 7:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline63 min
Mar 26, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster32 min
Mar 26, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy, Saunders60 min
Mar 26, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Douglas, Saunders35 min
Mar 26, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington35 min
Mar 26, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Washington55 min
Mar 26, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders55 min
Mar 26, 11:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson69 min
Mar 26, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas, Sarpy66 min
Mar 27, 12:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXRichardson45 min
Mar 26, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXHarrison56 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.