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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Omaha, NE

June 25, 2000Colfax County, Platte County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2000, 2:14 PM CDT for Colfax County, Platte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2000, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Colfax County, NE, Platte County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 371 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-296 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

533 
WFUS53 KOAX 251914
TOROMA
NEC037-141-251945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
214 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
  PLATTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 208 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION
  AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO THROUGH 245 PM CDT
  INCLUDE...RICHLAND...SCHUYLER...ROGERS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT. IF A BASEMENT
IS NOT AVAILABLE...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4152 9755 4135 9747 4144 9690 4169 9690

FOBERT

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe34 min
Jun 25, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXThurston31 min
Jun 25, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXThurston27 min
Jun 25, 12:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXThurston4 hr
Jun 25, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Stanton49 min
Jun 25, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBoone, Platte51 min
Jun 25, 1:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPlatte23 min
Jun 25, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax, Platte31 min
Jun 25, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar, Knox43 min
Jun 25, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXBurt, Cuming28 min
Jun 25, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXPierce38 min
Jun 25, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt41 min
Jun 25, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax, Dodge32 min
Jun 25, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler, Saunders45 min
Jun 25, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Sarpy, Saunders28 min
Jun 25, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDouglas44 min
Jun 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass, Sarpy, Saunders45 min
Jun 25, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster, Seward27 min
Jun 25, 4:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXDodge4 hr
Jun 25, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster23 min
Jun 25, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXOtoe43 min
Jun 25, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline26 min
Jun 25, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster30 min
Jun 25, 5:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXThurston6 hr
Jun 25, 5:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXLancaster, Saline, Seward4 hr
Jun 25, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Johnson43 min
Jun 25, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXNemaha46 min
Jun 25, 6:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXOtoe4 hr
Jun 25, 6:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXNemaha, Richardson4 hr

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.