Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1993, 7:36 PM CDT for Lancaster County, Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1993, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lancaster County, NE, Saline County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 2494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLNK 250042 TORLNK NEC109-151-240130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 736 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ...SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY...EASTERN SALINE COUNTY AT 725 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR PLYMOUTH. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TOWNS OF DEWITT CLATONIA..WLBER..HALLAM AND KRAMER ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF THE STORM STAYS ON ITS CURRENT TRACK...IT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TODRNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. ZELL &
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, Jul 24, 6:58 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
NEZ010-015-020-250215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 655 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR DODGE AND SAUNDERS COUNTY AND POINTS WEST AND SOUTH UNTIL MIDNIGHT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 655 PM CDT INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ASHLAND SOUTHWEST THROUGH LINCOLN TO WEST OF BEATRICE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS METROPOLITAN AREAS AND AREAS SOUTH OF OMAHA BY 800 PM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BY MID EVENING AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ALL INTERESTS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA...ESPECIALLY IN THE OMAHA METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS SOUTH SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION BROADCASTS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMBMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WERT
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:26 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
NEZ010-015-020-250215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 730 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR DODGE AND SAUNDERS COUNTY AND POINTS WEST AND SOUTH UNTIL MIDNIGHT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 725 PM CDT INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WESTERN SARPY COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH LINCOLN TO WEST OF BEATRICE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS METROPOLITAN AREAS AND AREAS SOUTH OF OMAHA BY 800 PM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BY MID EVENING AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ALL INTERESTS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA...ESPECIALLY IN THE OMAHA METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS SOUTH SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION BROADCASTS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDXOORS IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WERT
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:30 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-250230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 730 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BOONE...COLFAX AND PLATTE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 725 PM CDT NORFOLK RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF ROSE. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MIDNIGHT FOR BOONE PLATTE AND COLFAX COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND POINTS SOUTH. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:30 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
NEZ010-015-020-250215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 730 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR DODGE AND SAUNDERS COUNTY AND POINTS WEST AND SOUTH UNTIL MIDNIGHT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 725 PM CDT INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WESTERN SARPY COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH LINCOLN TO WEST OF BEATRICE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS METROPOLITAN AREAS AND AREAS SOUTH OF OMAHA BY 800 PM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BY MID EVENING AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ALL INTERESTS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA...ESPECIALLY IN THE OMAHA METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS SOUTH SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION BROADCASTS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WERT
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:32 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-250230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 730 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BOONE...COLFAX AND PLATTE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NEBRASAK UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 725 PM CDT NORFOLK RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF ROSE. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MIDNIGHT FOR BOONE PLATTE AND COLFAX COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND POINTS SOUTH. BAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:34 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
NEZ003-004-007-008-009-250230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 730 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BOONE...COLFAX AND PLATTE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 725 PM CDT NORFOLK RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF ROSE. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MIDNIGHT FOR BOONE PLATTE AND COLFAX COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND POINTS SOUTH. BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Sarpy | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Seward | 66 min |
| Jul 24, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Otoe | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pawnee | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Gage | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Saline | 3 hr |
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.