Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2000, 7:27 PM CDT for Antelope County, Madison County, Pierce County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2000, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Antelope County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Tilden, NE | Brief touchdown of a rain wrapped tornado. |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 551 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KOAX 270028 TOROMA NEC003-119-139-270100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 727 PM CDT WED APR 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ANTELOPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORFOLK SOUTHERN PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF OAKDALE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MEADOW GROVE AROUND 740 PM CDT BATTLE CREEK...HADAR AROUND 755 PM CDT THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ANTELOPE AND SOUTHWEST PIERCE COUNTIES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4229 9787 4204 9799 4194 9746 4219 9737 SKERRITT NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope, Pierce | 31 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000
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.