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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1992, 1:42 PM CDT for Douglas County, Washington County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1992, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1992, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, NE, Washington County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 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 KOMA 241842
TOROMA
NEC055-177-241915-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
142 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
DOUGLAS...WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE OMAHA METROPOLITAN
AREA
AT 130 PM...RADAR INDICATAD A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF
ARLINGTON IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OMAHA. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AND IT THREATENS
ARLINGTON...BLAIR...VALLEY...ELKHORN AND BENNINGTON BY 215 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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...TRY TO HIDE IN A DEPRESSION...LIKE
A DITCH OR A CULVERT. COVER YOUR eHEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
JOHNSONWhat 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, Jul 24, 8:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
NEZ010-015-020-241415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 820 AM CDT FRI JUL 23 1992 AT 815 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN A 40 MILE WIDE BAND FROM SIOUX CITY IOWA TO COLUMBUS NEBRASKA. OTHER WIDELY SCATTEED SHOWERS WERE FALLING FROM EAST OF GRAND ISLAND TO LINCOLN. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF LYONS IN BURT COUNTY AND NEAR HOOPER IN DODGE COUNTY 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA. THESE STORMS WILL PASS OVER BURT AND WASHIGTON COUNTIES WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING UNTIL 920 PM CDT. THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
NEZ010-015-020-241415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 820 AM CDT FRI JUL 23 1992 AT 815 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN A 40 MILE WIDE BAND FROM SIOUX CITY IOWA TO COLUMBUS NEBRASKA. OTHER WIDELY SCATTEED SHOWERS WERE FALLING FROM EAST OF GRAND ISLAND TO LINCOLN. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF LYONS IN BURT COUNTY AND NEAR HOOPER IN DODGE COUNTY 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA. THESE STORMS WILL PASS OVER BURT AND WASHIGTON COUNTIES WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING UNTIL 920 AM CDT. THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. BYRD
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
NEZ004-009-241700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 1135 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN COLFAX COUNTY LATE THIS MORNING... AT 1130 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...OR NEAR SCHUYLER. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND MAYBE EVEN SOME SMA`LL HAIL. IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COLFAX COUNTY THROUGH NOON. TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Washington | 67 min |
| Jul 24, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Saunders | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Sarpy | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 67 min |
| Jul 24, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Otoe | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.