Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1993, 7:44 PM CDT for Gage County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1993, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1993, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gage County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLNK 150044 TORLNK NEC067-150115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 744 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ...GAGE COUNTY AT 735 PM GAGE COUNTY SHERIFF SPOTTED FUNNEL CLOUDS 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF BEATRICE...BLUE SPRINGS...WYMORE...AND ODELL ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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 AVAILJABLE...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. 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, May 14, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NEZ010-015-020-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 625 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CASS COUNTY ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH... AT 620 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN CASS COUNTY NEAR EAGLE...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH PALMYRA AROUND 645 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN WESTERN OTOE COUNTY...BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...AND SOME GUSTY WINDS AS THE STORMS PASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ANDERSON
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NEZ010-015-020-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 625 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CASS COUNTY ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH... AT 620 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN CASS COUNTY NEAR EAGLE...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH PALMYRA AROUND 645 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN WESTERN OTOE COUNTY...BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...AND SOME GUSTY WINDS AS THE STORMS PASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ANDERSON
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:55 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
NEZ015-019-020-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 655 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 650 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FROM NEBRASKA CITY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO NORTHERN GAGE COUTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF BEATRICE. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY PASS. ZELL
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:56 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
NEZ015-019-020-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 655 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AT 650 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FROM NEBRASKA CITY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO NORTHERN GAGE COUTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF BEATRICE. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...4SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY PASS. ZELL
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:31 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
NEZ010-020-IAZ080-090-091-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 735 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHEAST CORNER NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 730 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CLARINDA IOWA...SOUTHWEST TO BEATRICE NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SIDNEY IOWA...HALFWAY BETWEEN OMAHA AND ST. JOSEPH. THIS STORM IS THE REMNANT OF THE STORM THAT PASSED THROUGH MILLS AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES EARLIER THIS EVENING...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTS. THE BAND OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:35 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
NEZ010-020-IAZ080-090-091-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 735 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHEAST CORNER NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 730 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CLARINDA IOWA...SOUTHWEST TO BEATRICE NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SIDNEY IOWA...HALFWAY BETWEEN OMAHA AND ST. JOSEPH. THIS STORM IS THE REMNANT OF THE STORM THAT PASSED THROUGH MILLS AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES EARLIER THIS EVENING...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTS. THE BAND OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BYRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 31 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.