Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1998, 9:09 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 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
- May 11, 1998, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1998, 10:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOMA 120209 RRA TOROMA NEC095-120310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 909 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1010 PM CDT * AT 906 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO 46 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF YORK OR BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND GILEAD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GLADSTONE AT 910 PM CDT FAIRBURY AT 920 PM CDT JANSEN AT 930 PM CDT THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED. 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
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093- IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-121200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 525 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA... SPOTTER ACTION... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN EASTERN NEBRAKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD MAINTAIN A STATE OF READINESS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A GOOD PROBABILITY SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS THEY MOVE INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. INITIALLY THE SEVERE THREAT IN EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL BE POINTS SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF DAVID CITY. HOWEVER...LATER THIS EVENING THE SEVERE THREAT COULD SHIFT INTO THE REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE INITIAL SEVERE THREAT...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION...A STRONG DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION WHILE THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. CHERMOK
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093- IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-121200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 525 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA... SPOTTER ACTION... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN EASTERN NEBRAKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD MAINTAIN A STATE OF READINESS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A GOOD PROBABILITY SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS THEY MOVE INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. INITIALLY THE SEVERE THREAT IN EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL BE POINTS SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF DAVID CITY. HOWEVER...LATER THIS EVENING THE SEVERE THREAT COULD SHIFT INTO THE REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE INITIAL SEVERE THREAT...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION...A STRONG DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION WHILE THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. CHERMOK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 44 min |
| May 11, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Pierce | 48 min |
| May 11, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone | 48 min |
| May 11, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Stanton | 64 min |
| May 11, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline | 60 min |
| May 11, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Cuming | 33 min |
| May 11, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 47 min |
| May 11, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 48 min |
| May 11, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 48 min |
| May 11, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 34 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.