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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Omaha, NE

May 10, 2005Seward County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2005, 10:10 PM CDT for Seward County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2005, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Seward County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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 10, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2604 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KOAX 110310
TOROAX
NEC159-110400-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0009.050511T0310Z-050511T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1010 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1006 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS
  LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF UTICA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF YORK...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  UTICA AROUND 1015 PM CDT
  STAPLEHURST AROUND 1030 PM CDT
  SEWARD AROUND 1040 PM CDT
  GARLAND AROUND 1050 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. GO TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR
BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4100 9737 4084 9737 4082 9691 4103 9691

$$

POLLACK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KOAX 110333
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1031 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005

NEC159-110400-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050511T0400Z/
SEWARD NE-
1031 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SEWARD COUNTY...

AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TAMORA...OR ABOUT
17 MILES EAST OF YORK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  UTICA BY 1020 PM CDT...
  TAMORA BY 1035 PM CDT...
  STAPLEHURST BY 1040 PM CDT...
  SEWARD BY 1045 PM CDT...
  BEE BY 1050 PM CDT...
  GARLAND BY 1100 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 2 MILES NORTH OF UTICA EARLIER.

LAT...LON 4104 9736 4084 9736 4083 9691 4105 9693

$$

MILLER

000 
WWUS53 KOAX 110352
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1052 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005

NEC159-110400-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050511T0400Z/
SEWARD NE-
1052 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SEWARD COUNTY...

AT 1049 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEE...OR ABOUT 25
MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...GARLAND BY 1055 PM CDT.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE 
HAIL. 

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER 
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS 
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN 
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS 
TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4104 9728 4076 9716 4077 9690 4105 9691

$$

MILLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge	56 min
May 10, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Colfax	24 min
May 10, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saunders	33 min
May 10, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Butler	56 min
May 10, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Washington	54 min
May 10, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Saunders	30 min
May 10, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Seward	25 min
May 10, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Lancaster, Saunders	53 min
May 10, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Douglas, Washington	14 min
May 10, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Sarpy	41 min
May 11, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Dodge	38 min
May 11, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Washington	45 min
May 11, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	37 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.