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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Omaha, NE

July 24, 1993Johnson County, Pawnee County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1993, 8:35 PM CDT for Johnson County, Pawnee County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1993, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, NE, Pawnee 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, Jul 24, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster, Saline54 min
Jul 24, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage34 min
Jul 24, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas29 min
Jul 24, 8:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXSaline3 hr
Jul 24, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSarpy35 min
Jul 24, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXLancaster3 hr
Jul 24, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders2 hr
Jul 24, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster, Seward66 min
Jul 24, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe34 min
Jul 24, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler38 min
Jul 24, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPawnee41 min
Jul 24, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha28 min
Jul 24, 10:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXGage3 hr
Jul 24, 11:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXSaline3 hr
Jul 24, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Mills32 min
Jul 24, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPottawattamie35 min
Jul 24, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Mills31 min
Jul 24, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMontgomery, Page30 min

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Sources

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