Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1993, 5:58 PM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1993, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 KLNK 262258 TORLNK NEC151-262345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 558 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ...SALINE COUNTY AT 555 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN FILLMORE COUNTY IN THE FAIRMONT AND EXETER AREAS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SALINE COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE TOWNS OF FRIEND...TOBIAS AND WESTERN 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 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STbRUCTURE 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, Jun 26, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
NEZ003-007-008-262100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 3 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BLAINE...LOUP...GARFIELD...WHEELER AND BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM... ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 3PM RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK WEST TO ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONEILL. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL TRACK ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF BLAINE AND LOUP COUNTIES AND COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PARTS OF LOUP AND BLAINE COUNTIES YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE OUT. TDK
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
NEZ003-007-008-262100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 3 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BLAINE...LOUP...GARFIELD...WHEELER AND BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM... ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 3PM RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK WEST TO ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONEILL. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL TRACK ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF BLAINE AND LOUP COUNTIES AND COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PARTS OF LOUP AND BLAINE COUNTIES YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE OUT. TDK
Local storm report, Jun 26, 3:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
329 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
STORM REPORT 6/26/93
326 PM CDT HOWARD COUNTY...4 MILES NORTH OF ST. PAUL REPORTED A
FUNNEL CLOUD FROM COOP OBSEVER
BRANDLocal storm report, Jun 26, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
329 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993
STORM REPORT 6/26/93
326 PM CDT HOWARD COUNTY...4 MILES NORTH OF ST. PAUL REPORTED A
FUNNEL CLOUD FROM COOP OBSEVER
BRANDSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
NEZ007>009-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 435 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BLAINE...LOUP...GARFIELD...WHEELER AND BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM... ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 430 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BROKEN BOW AND NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT DID NOT YET APPEAR SEVERE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK NEAR SPALDING. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST TOWARD AKRON...PRIMROSE AND CEDAR RAPIDS. THESE TOWNS ARE IN WESTERN BOONE COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN WESTERN BOONE COUNTY YOU SHOULD GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING BEFORE THESE STJORMS MOVE IN. SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA SO KEEP A RADIO OR TV HANDY IN CASE ANY WARNINGS OR FURTHER STATEMENTS ARE ISSUED. TDK
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
NEZ007>009-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 435 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BLAINE...LOUP...GARFIELD...WHEELER AND BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM... ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 430 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BROKEN BOW AND NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT DID NOT YET APPEAR SEVERE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK NEAR SPALDING. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST TOWARD AKRON...PRIMROSE AND CEDAR RAPIDS. THESE TOWNS ARE IN WESTERN BOONE COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN WESTERN BOONE COUNTY YOU SHOULD GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING BEFORE THESE STORMS MOVE IN. SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA SO KEEP A RADIO OR TV HANDY IN CASE ANY WARNINGS OR FURTHER STATEMENTS ARE ISSUED. TDK
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.