Tornado Warning 18, NWS Omaha, NE

Issued

May 22, 1996, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)

Expired

May 22, 1996, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Omaha, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cass County, NE, Otoe County, NE

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
TTAA00 KOMA 230239
TOROMA
NEC025-131-230330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
938 PM CDT WED MAY 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...CASS COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
 
   ...OTOE COUNTY
 
AT 938 PM CDT A TORNADIC STORM EXTENDED FROM GREENWOOD TO PALMYRA
...OR FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN TO 20 MILES EAST OF
LINCOLN.  A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED JUST NORTH OF PALMYRA
AND ANOTHER JUST EAST OF EAGLE.  COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE
ELMWOOD...WEEPING WATER...AVOCA...MURRAY...UNION...AND OTOE.
 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OCCURRED AT ELMWOOD AT 930 PM CDT.
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WARNING FOR WESTERN CASS AND WESTERN
OTOE COUNTIES.  THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
 
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD MOVE TO A REINFORCED BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR TO BE PREPARED FOR THE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS THAT
ACCOMPANY TORNADOES.  IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES...
LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.
 
MLILLER
 
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In the hours before

NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-231200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
4PM CDT WED MAY 22 1996

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...

SPOTTER ACTION...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT IN EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

DISCUSSION...
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL BRING INCREASED
MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON.  A WARM
FRONT LIFTING THROUGH NORTHERN KANSAS WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS.   SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE SEVERE IN
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE EVENING.

THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
OR NORTHERN KANSAS...PROVIDING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

ZAPOTOCNY

NEZ057>059-069-230300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
930 PM CDT WED MAY 22 1996

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 414 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
KEITH...PERKIN@S...CHASE AND LINCOLN.

FOBERT

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.