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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT for Nemaha County, Otoe 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 as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898
WFUS53 KOAX 142214
TOROAX
NEC127-131-142245-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0003.120414T2214Z-120414T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
514 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN NEMAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 512 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
TALMAGE...OR 36 MILES WEST OF TARKIO. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TALMAGE AND JULIAN.
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 4048 9606 4054 9607 4062 9579 4055 9576
4053 9577 4053 9575 4050 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 259DEG 36KT 4051 9607
$$
BOUSTEAD3 follow-up statements
508
WWUS53 KOAX 142221
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
521 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
NEC127-131-142245-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120414T2245Z/
OTOE NE-NEMAHA NE-
521 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OTOE AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL NEMAHA
COUNTIES...
AT 513 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TALMAGE...OR 33 MILES WEST OF
TARKIO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TALMAGE AND JULIAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4050 9601 4054 9603 4062 9579 4056 9576
4053 9577 4053 9575 4050 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 257DEG 40KT 4052 9601
$$
BOUSTEAD/MAYES326
WWUS53 KOAX 142229
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
529 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
NEC127-131-142245-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120414T2245Z/
OTOE NE-NEMAHA NE-
529 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OTOE AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NEMAHA COUNTIES...
AT 526 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PERU...OR 24 MILES WEST OF TARKIO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OTOE AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
NEMAHA COUNTIES.
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 4059 9589 4062 9579 4058 9577 4055 9576
4053 9577 4053 9575 4050 9574 4050 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 258DEG 38KT 4054 9583
$$
BOUSTEAD/MAYES044
WWUS53 KOAX 142236
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
536 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
NEC131-127-142255-
/O.EXP.KOAX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120414T2245Z/
OTOE NE-
536 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OTOE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE...AND
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM.
LAT...LON 4059 9589 4062 9579 4058 9577 4055 9576
4053 9577 4053 9575 4050 9574 4050 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 259DEG 36KT 4054 9583
$$
BOUSTEAD/MAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Saline | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Saline | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 11:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cuming, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Cass | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 1:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Cuming, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne | 119 min |
| Apr 14, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cuming, Thurston | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saline | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Pawnee | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Butler | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage, Johnson, Otoe | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Cass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Otoe | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Otoe | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 25 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.