Tornado Warning 2, NWS Omaha, NE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
100 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

AT 1255 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES
WEST OF NORFOLK NEAR MEADOW GROVE. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NEAR AND
JUST WEST OF SIOUX CITY IOWA.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY CONTAIN SMALL
HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OVER MADISON COUNTY AND
SHOULD PASS THROUGH AND TO THE NORTH OF NORFOLK BY 2PM.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A SAFE AND STURDY
BUILDING.y

TDK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
115 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE
WEST OF NORFOLK AND NEAR LYONS NEBRASKA...50 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OMAHA.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD SAGGED SOWTHWARD TOWARD HOOPER...
ARLINTON AND BLAIR...EAST TO DUNLAP IOWA.

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SKIES WERE PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOWER 70S IN OMAHA...TO THE MID TO UPPER
70S FROM NEBRASKA CITY TO HAMBURG.

FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA.  THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A SEVERE
STORM IN THE AREA THIS EVENING.  AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM
THE AROUND 80 TO THE MID 80S.
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LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND WgIND GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH...
FROM NORTH OF OMAHA UNTIL 230 PM CDT.

BYRD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
227 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

AT 225 PM RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN KNOX COUNTY ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES
NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF VERDIGRE...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ONEILL.
ANOTHER INTENSE STORM WAS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER EAST OF WYNOT AT
ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY. AND YET MORE THUNDERSTORMS OF
LESSER STRENGTH STRETCHED FROM EAST OF NORFOLK TO BETWEEN OMAHA AND
SIOUX CITY.

THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOST OF THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.  BUT THE STORMS IN WESTERN KNOX COUNTY ARE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD
SANTEE AND NIOBRARA.

YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS IF THEY MOVE OVER YOUR AREA.
PERSONS IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA SHOULD ALSO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE CURRENT
FORECAST SINCE MORE THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH WILL BE SEVERE...ARE
LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TDK

NEZ003-004-007-008-009-152115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
305 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA.
THE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR KNOX...ANTELOPE AND BOONE COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

MILLER

NEZ003-004-007-008-009-152230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
427 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 425 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT
10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY
EAST...AND COULD EFFECT THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF COLFAX COUNTY.

OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE...AND 45
MILES NORTHWEST OF O NEILL.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA
UNTIL 10 PM CDT.  THE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR KNOX...ANTELOPE
AND BOONE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.  IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES YOUR AREA...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

MILLER

NEZ003-004-007-008-009-152310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
515 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING...

AT 510 PM CDT NORFOLK RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED
FROM 65 MILES WEST OF O NEILL TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF O NEILL OR FROM
NEAR AINSWORTH TO NAPER.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH
AND COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK
... 15 MILES WEST OF ALBION. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST.

MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPEMENT IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. BE CAUTIOUS...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IN A REENFORCED
BUILDING... ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

SMITH