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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Omaha, NE

April 20, 2004Madison County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2004, 6:43 PM CDT for Madison County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2004, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 20, 6:50 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Tilden, NE
Apr 20, 7:14 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 S Battle Creek, NE
Apr 20, 7:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.751 S Norfolk, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 20, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2004-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 2004-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

319 
WFUS53 KOAX 202343
TOROAX
NEC119-210030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
643 PM CDT TUE APR 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 641 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH A POSSIBLE
  TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  WEST OF MEADOW GROVE...OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TILDEN AROUND 650 PM CDT
  MEADOW GROVE AROUND 655 PM CDT
  BATTLE CREEK AROUND 705 PM CDT
  MADISON AROUND 720 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

LAT...LON 4208 9785 4188 9785 4180 9737 4202 9738

$$

DEWALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXAntelope66 min
Apr 20, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXAntelope35 min
Apr 20, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXAntelope12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.