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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Omaha, NE

June 16, 1992Cass County, Saunders County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 11:31 PM CDT for Cass County, Saunders County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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 16, 1992, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, NE, Saunders County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 12:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Saunders, 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 (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 28 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4794 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
8.2
Supercell composite
39.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOMA 170431
TOROMA
NEC025-155-170500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
1131 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS COUNTY
 
AT 1125 PM A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ON THE GROUND NORTHEAST OF WAVERLY...10
MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH
AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR ASHLAND BY 1145 PM.
 
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.
 
CHERMOK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaunders16 min
Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas38 min
Jun 16, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington52 min
Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXWashington11 min
Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline, Seward30 min
Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler30 min
Jun 16, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline, Seward29 min
Jun 16, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler29 min
Jun 16, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Saunders48 min
Jun 16, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt48 min
Jun 16, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Seward41 min
Jun 16, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXJefferson, Saline41 min
Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Sarpy58 min
Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWashington58 min
Jun 16, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster53 min
Jun 16, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster33 min
Jun 16, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage62 min
Jun 16, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSarpy31 min
Jun 16, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXDouglas31 min
Jun 17, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy43 min
Jun 17, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe43 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.