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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Omaha, NE

July 1, 1996Boone County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1996, 8:01 PM CDT for Boone County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1996, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Boone County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1996-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1383 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 1996-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
1383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOMA 020102
TOROMA
NEC011-020145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
801 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...EASTERN BOONE COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JLUST EAST OF PETERSBURG IN NORTHEAST
BOONE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE ALBION AND BOONE.
 
 
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.
 
 
FOBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope37 min
Jul 1, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone41 min
Jul 1, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Stanton53 min
Jul 1, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPlatte40 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.