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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Omaha, NE

May 8, 1996Fremont County, Page County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1996, 11:05 PM CDT for Fremont County, Page County, Iowa. It was in force for 40 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, 1996, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1996, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fremont County, IA, Page County, IA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 11:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Braddyville, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1996-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1091 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 1996-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOMA 090410
TOROMA
IAC071-145-090445-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1105 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
 
   ...SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY...PAGE COUNTY
 
AT 1105 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 TO 10
MILES EAST OF HAMBURG...OR 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.  THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD NORTH BORO..COIN
BINGHAM...AND COLLEGE SPRINGS.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM....
TAKE COVER.
 
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...PREFERABLY A BASEMENT...AND STAY AWAY
FROM, WINDOWS.
 
MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Montgomery38 min
May 8, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Montgomery53 min
May 8, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXFremont37 min
May 8, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPage60 min
May 9, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXPage29 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.