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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2006, 9:42 PM CDT for Saline County, Nebraska. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 15, 2006, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2006, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Saline County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 9:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 S Crete, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KOAX 160242 TOROAX NEC151-160315- /O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0028.060916T0242Z-060916T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 942 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 939 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILBER...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEATRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRETE AROUND 950 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4055 9715 4043 9700 4049 9690 4071 9691 $$ BOUSTEAD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KOAX 160252 SVSOAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 952 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 NEC151-160315- /O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060916T0315Z/ SALINE NE- 952 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR EASTERN SALINE COUNTY... AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILBER...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEATRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AT 950 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES SOUTH OF CRETE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4055 9715 4043 9700 4049 9690 4071 9691 $$
000 WWUS53 KOAX 160300 SVSOAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 1000 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 NEC151-160310- /O.CAN.KOAX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060916T0315Z/ SALINE NE- 1000 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SALINE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA... THUS THE WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SALINE COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4055 9715 4043 9700 4049 9690 4071 9691 $$ BOUSTEAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 15, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 406 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 .DISCUSSION... PRIMARY PROBLEMS ARE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSORMS IN THE SHORT TERM AND TEMPERATURES DURG THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK. DEEP UPR TROF AT 12Z WAS OVR THE PACIFIC NW WITH SERIES OF LEAD SHORTWV TOFS EJECTING OUT ACRS THE RCKYS AND CNTRL PLNS. AT H85 PLUME OF MSTR EXTDS FM WRN TX ACRS CNTRL AND WRN NEBRASKA INTO THE DAKOTAS. STG LO LVL JET CONTS TO ADVCT LO LVL MSTR NWD INTO THE CNTRL PLNS. LEAD UPR SHORTWV TROF IS ASSOCD WITH UPR LVL JET MAX MOVG ACRS KS. THIS SHUD ENHANCE UVVS ACRS NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. SHORT TERM...SEVERAL WAVES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSIBLE TONIGHT ACRS THE OAX CWA. THERE MAY BE A CHC OF ISOLD SVR TSTMS...ESPECIALLY N OF COLUMBUS. ACTVITY THAT HAS BEEN DVLPG FM DAVID CITY TO MARSHALL COUNTY KS IS ELEVATED CNVTN DUE TO ISENTROPIC LIFT. A SECOND WAVE OF MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER CNTRL AND WRN NEBRASKA AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. ON SATURDAY SKIES SHUD CLEAR OUT BY MID MORNING AND ATMOSHERE SHUD BCM UNSTBL BY AFTN INTO THE EVNG AHD OF AFTN. NAM40 CAPES INDC CAPE VALUES ABV 2000 J/KG. HELICITY VALUES ON SATURDAY LOOK FVRBL FOR SUPERCELLS STORMS AND POSSIBLE SQUALL LINE DVLPMT. STG MID LVL DRY PUNCH WL CREATE STGS ON PREFRONTAL TROF/DRYLN BY AFTN. STORMS SHUD CONT ON SATURDAY NGT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE AREA CLEARS OUT. IN THE EXTENDED. KEPT MAINLY DRY THRU THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING OVER NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE OAX CWA AS ANOTHER UPR LVL SHRTWV TROF MOVS ACRS THE RGN. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && SMITH
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 9:23 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 923 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-161100- ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS- FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON- MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE- PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD- SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- 923 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MOVING INTO WESTERN IOWA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOCATIONS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL LIKELY NOT SEE ANY SEVERE STORMS. LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH 60 TO 80 MPH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STORMS. DUE TO INCREDIBLY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR... THERE ALSO IS A TORNADO THREAT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA YET THIS EVENING...FROM CRETE NORTHWARD TOWARD PENDER. SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER SATURDAY MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A DRY LINE BEGINS TO MOVE INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE BY 2 TO 4 PM... MOVING INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA DURING THE EVENING. STRONG INSTABILITY AND VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE MOSTLY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL ALSO BE NEEDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. NWS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 15, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
833 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM TORNADO SURPRISE 41.10N 97.31W
09/15/2006 BUTLER NE EMERGENCY MNGR
MOBILE HOME DESTROYED. ROOF TORN OFF BAR.
0810 PM HAIL ST. EDWARD 41.57N 97.86W
09/15/2006 E0.75 INCH BOONE NE PUBLIC
&&Local storm report, Sep 15, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
839 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM HAIL DAVID CITY 41.25N 97.13W
09/15/2006 E0.75 INCH BUTLER NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0820 PM HAIL 5 SW LINDSAY 41.65N 97.76W
09/15/2006 E0.75 INCH PLATTE NE PUBLIC
&&Local storm report, Sep 15, 8:55 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
855 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0855 PM HAIL MADISON 41.83N 97.46W
09/15/2006 E0.75 INCH MADISON NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&Local storm report, Sep 15, 9:22 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
922 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 S RISING CITY 41.08N 97.30W
09/15/2006 BUTLER NE EMERGENCY MNGR
DAMAGE REPORTED IN A BARNYARD. RELAYED THROUGH EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0917 PM HAIL 4 N VALPARAISO 41.14N 96.83W
09/15/2006 E1.25 INCH SAUNDERS NE AMATEUR RADIO
&&Local storm report, Sep 15, 9:24 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
924 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0856 PM TSTM WND GST 4 N FREMONT 41.50N 96.49W
09/15/2006 E60.00 MPH DODGE NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0905 PM HAIL 3 SE BRAINARD 41.15N 96.96W
09/15/2006 E1.25 INCH BUTLER NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&Local storm report, Sep 15, 9:29 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
929 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 PM HAIL PIERCE 42.20N 97.53W
09/15/2006 E0.88 INCH PIERCE NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone, Platte | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 38 min |
| Sep 15, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Platte | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler | 27 min |
| Sep 15, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler | 35 min |
| Sep 15, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 31 min |
| Sep 15, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Platte | 46 min |
| Sep 15, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Seward | 18 min |
| Sep 15, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 36 min |
| Sep 15, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pierce | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 40 min |
| Sep 15, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 65 min |
| Sep 15, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 50 min |
| Sep 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Knox | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 28 min |
| Sep 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pierce, Wayne | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 36 min |
| Sep 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 43 min |
| Sep 15, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 17 min |
| Sep 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 17 min |
| Sep 15, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 27 min |
| Sep 16, 4:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Boone, Butler, Colfax, Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster and 6 more | 15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.