Tornado Warning 48, NWS Omaha, NE

Issued

Jun 23, 1998, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)

Expired

Jun 23, 1998, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Omaha, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Monona County, IA, Thurston County, NE

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.

685 
WFUS1 KOMA 240023 RRA
TOROMA
IAC133-NEC173-240115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
724 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  THURSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
  NORTHWESTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY OR 5 MILES SOUTH
  OF WALTHILL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WALTHILL                     AT 730 PM CDT
  MACY                         AT 735 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF ONE
IS AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.  CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

MEAD

In the hours before

NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-241200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
505 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

...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...
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA AS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION AS A WARM FRONT FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH NORTHEAST
KANSAS AND NORTH MISSOURI LIFTS NORTH.

DUE TO THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR CONSIDERATIONS...SOME
OF THESE STORMS COULD TURN SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...DUE TO THE VERY MOIST
NATURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE...THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS.

GW

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1998Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998

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.