Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1993, 9:42 PM CDT for Nemaha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nemaha County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 3654 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.9
- Supercell composite
- 18.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOMA 020244 TOROMA NEC127-020315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 942 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ...NEMAHA COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 1/2 MILE NORTH OF AUBURN NEBRASKA...55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN BY A SHERIFFS SPOTTER. 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. FOBERT &
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 1, 8:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
IAZ90-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 810 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM FREMONT COUNTY. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO LINGER ALONG THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA WITH THE MAIN CLUSTER OF STORMS NOW OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 2 AM CDT. FOBERT
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
NEZ003-007-008-020330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 820 PM CDT THU JUL 01 1993 ... STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ... AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF BREWSTER IN EAST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN LOUP COUNTY OR ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF O NEILL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND A GUSTY WIND OF 40 TO 50 MPH. VA
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
NEZ003-007-008-020330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 820 PM CDT THU JUL 01 1993 ... STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ... AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF BREWSTER IN EAST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN LOUP COUNTY OR ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF O NEILL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND A GUSTY WIND OF 40 TO 50 MPH. VA
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NEZ015-019-020220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 825 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... TWO TORNADO WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE WATCH IN SOUTH CENTRAL IS UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHILE THE TORNADO WATCH IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA IS UNTIL 2 AM. ALTHOUGH WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING AT TIME. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. SCHLACHTER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NEZ015-019-020220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE 825 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... TWO TORNADO WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE WATCH IN SOUTH CENTRAL IS UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHILE THE TORNADO WATCH IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA IS UNTIL 2 AM. ALTHOUGH WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING AT TIME. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. SCHLACHTER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:09 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
IAZ90-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 810 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM FREMONT COUNTY. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO LINGER ALONG THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA WITH THE MAIN CLUSTER OF STORMS NOW OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 2 AM CDT. FOBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 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.