Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1997, 7:15 PM CDT for Stanton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports 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
- Jul 7, 1997, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanton County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:37 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Stanton, NE | |
| Jul 7, 7:37 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Stanton, NE | |
| Jul 7, 7:53 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stanton, NE | Hail damaged or destroyed 2500 acres of corn, soybreans, and alfalfa. |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOMA 080015 RRA TOROMA NEC167-080100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 715 PM CDT MON JUL 7 1997 * TORNADO WARNING FOR STANTON COUNTY - IN NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THE HIGHWAY 32/57 JUNCTION NOW RURAL AREAS OF STANTON COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 32 * AT 715 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORFOLK OR 2 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF THE HIGHWAY 32/57 JUNCTION MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO IS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF PILGER MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...TRY TO HIDE IN A DEPRRESSION SUCH AS A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OUTRUN THE TORNADO BY AUTO. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WATCH OUT FOR WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD POWERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Madison | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cuming | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Platte | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Colfax | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Colfax | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Colfax, Dodge | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 50 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.