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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Omaha, NE

April 26, 1991Cass County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1991, 5:18 PM CDT for Cass County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1991, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1991, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Cass County, NE

The text

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

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, 1:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-262330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
240 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL
8 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING...

AT 240 PM CDT NORFOLK RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SOME STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE STRONGEST STORM
WHICH WAS LIKELY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 50
MILES EAST OF VALENTINE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BASSETT.  OTHER
STORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA BUT AT THE PRESENT
TIME WERE NOT STRONG.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH SO PERSONS IN EASTERN KEYA PAHA
COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT IN THE NEXT 45 MI$NUTES AS THE STRONGEST STORM
MOVES THAT WAY.  IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHCENTRAL OR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING.
KLEFFMAN
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson63 min
Apr 26, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline55 min
Apr 26, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Saline, Seward57 min
Apr 26, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler57 min
Apr 26, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson, Saline51 min
Apr 26, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Lancaster46 min
Apr 26, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson, Saline44 min
Apr 26, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe42 min
Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster63 min
Apr 26, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSarpy58 min
Apr 26, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas69 min
Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Saline66 min
Apr 26, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington42 min
Apr 26, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie52 min

Nearby

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Sources

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