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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT for Lancaster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lancaster County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 2374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOMA 230133 TOROMA NEC109-230200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 833 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...LANCASTER COUNTY AT 833 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR DENTON... OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE LINCOLN METRO AREA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE YOUR LIVES. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING...A BASEMENT IF POSSIBLE...AND COVER YOUR HEADJ FROM FLYING DEBRIS. MILLER
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
Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
336 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
235 AM 8 WSW ELKHORN IA ONE INCH HAIL - ALSO
07/22/95 SHELBY TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN
AND CROPS DAMAGED
MILLER
0"DERSTORM gf6WWUS\
.MOSTLY SUNNY. Bq`WWUS
KSZ004>006-018-030>032-045>230500-
BAIS-GRAHAM-NESS-NN-OSBORNE-PHILLIO6WWUS
SMITH-TREGO-
o1 WUUS
@..NORTON...PHILLH6WWUSX
V6WWUS
sF6WWUS
XWOUSJ
UWWUS
HT...A 20 PERCENJ WUUS
NDERSTORMS...OTHg%6WWUSLocal storm report, Jul 22, 3:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
336 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
235 AM 8 WSW ELKHORN IA ONE INCH HAIL - ALSO
07/22/95 SHELBY TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN
AND CROPS DAMAGED
MILLER
0"DERSTORM gf6WWUS\
.MOSTLY SUNNY. Bq`WWUS
KSZ004>006-018-030>032-045>230500-
BAIS-GRAHAM-NESS-NN-OSBORNE-PHILLIO6WWUS
SMITH-TREGO-
o1 WUUS
@..NORTON...PHILLH6WWUSX
V6WWUS
sF6WWUS
XWOUSJ
UWWUS
HT...A 20 PERCENJ WUUS
NDERSTORMS...OTHg%6WWUSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 45 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.