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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Omaha, NE

May 8, 1995Fremont County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1995, 9:23 PM CDT for Fremont County, Iowa. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1995, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Fremont County, IA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 9:58 PM CDTTornado F0Northern Hamburg, IA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1136 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOMA 090223
TOROMA
IAC071-090315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
923 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
 
   ...FREMONT COUNTY
 
AT 922 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES
EAST HAMBURG...OR 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTH AT 30 MPH.  ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS IN THE WESTERN PART
OF FREMONT COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIDNEY.
 
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IMMEDIATELY.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DAMAGE REPORTS OR OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER
SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
 
MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont53 min
May 8, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Mills31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.