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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Omaha, NE

July 21, 1995Madison County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1995, 10:28 PM CDT for Madison County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 1995, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2611 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOMA 220329
TOROMA
NEC119-220400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1028 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 1025 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR MEADOW
GROVE...ABOUT 10 TO 20 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 25 MPH.  MEADOW GROVE AND BATTLE CREEK ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MADISON
COUNTY.
 
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.
 
MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox47 min
Jul 21, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXKnox46 min
Jul 21, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar50 min
Jul 21, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope45 min
Jul 21, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPierce42 min
Jul 21, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison58 min
Jul 21, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Stanton46 min
Jul 22, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler31 min
Jul 22, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Johnson45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.