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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2012, 8:38 PM CDT for Cuming County, Stanton County, Wayne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 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 27, 2012, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cuming County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
174
WFUS53 KOAX 280138
TOROAX
NEC039-167-179-280215-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0018.120528T0138Z-120528T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
838 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
STANTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 836 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTH OF CLARKSON...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORFOLK...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STANTON...WISNER AND PILGER.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 101.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4216 9696 4203 9688 4175 9708 4183 9729
4209 9720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 203DEG 49KT 4183 9715
$$
ZAPOTOCNY2 follow-up statements
324
WWUS53 KOAX 280151
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
851 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
NEC039-167-179-280215-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120528T0215Z/
WAYNE NE-CUMING NE-STANTON NE-
851 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CUMING AND
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES...
AT 845 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PILGER...OR 19 MILES EAST OF NORFOLK...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CUMING
AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 275 NEAR MILE MARKER 99.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4206 9691 4201 9696 4208 9714 4211 9713
4216 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 201DEG 59KT 4207 9704
$$
ZAPOTOCNY/SMITH754
WWUS53 KOAX 280200
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
900 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
NEC167-039-179-280225-
/O.CAN.KOAX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120528T0215Z/
WAYNE NE-CUMING NE-STANTON NE-
900 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN CUMING AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4206 9691 4201 9696 4208 9714 4211 9713
4216 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 203DEG 49KT 4207 9704
$$
ZAPOTOCNY/SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Madison, Stanton | 44 min |
| May 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Platte, Stanton | 23 min |
| May 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Cedar, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Boone, Madison, Platte, Stanton | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Colfax, Platte, Stanton | 29 min |
| May 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Wayne | 16 min |
| May 27, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Platte | 4 hr |
| May 27, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Platte | 4 hr |
| May 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Stanton | 4 hr |
| May 27, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Platte | 12 min |
| May 27, 9:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Colfax | 4 hr |
| May 27, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy | 36 min |
| May 28, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler, Lancaster, Saunders | 28 min |
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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.