Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 66, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 1996, 7:12 PM CDT for Pierce County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
- Oct 16, 1996, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 1996, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pierce County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pierce, NE |
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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1552 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOMA 170011 TOROMA NEC139-170100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 712 PM CDT WED OCT 16 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ...PIERCE COUNTY AT 712 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK...OR 15 MILES WEST OF PIERCE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PIERCE...FOSTER AND HADAR. TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IMMEDIATELY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGE REPORTS OR OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BBE GIVEN TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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, Oct 16, 6:55 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
653 PM CDT WED OCT 16 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM CLEARWATER NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/16/96 ANTELOPE
ZAPOTOCNYLocal storm report, Oct 16, 7:03 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
702 PM CDT WED OCT 16 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0658, PM NELIGH NE .75 INCH HAIL
10/16/96 ANTELOPE
ZAPOTOCNYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 61 min |
| Oct 16, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Wayne | 64 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.