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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 2013, 10:26 PM CDT for Lancaster County, Otoe County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min. 5 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
- Oct 3, 2013, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Lancaster County, NE, Otoe County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 10:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bennet, NE | TREES BLOWN DOWN AND GARAGE DOOR BLOWN IN |
| Oct 3, 10:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Bennet, NE | DAMAGE TO HOME |
| Oct 3, 10:29 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ene Hickman, NE | LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. |
| Oct 3, 11:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Palmyra, NE | |
| Oct 3, 11:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | Palmyra, NE | POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN FROM CONFIRMED TORNADO AT 190 AND SALTILLO ROAD. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Oct 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
714
WFUS53 KOAX 040326
TOROAX
NEC109-131-040400-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0013.131004T0326Z-131004T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1026 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...
EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1022 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST
OF BENNET...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY
TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENNET AND PALMYRA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4063 9653 4066 9659 4078 9647 4069 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 234DEG 17KT 4066 9652
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
BOUSTEAD/DEWALD2 follow-up statements
169
WWUS53 KOAX 040334
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1034 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
NEC109-131-040400-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131004T0400Z/
OTOE NE-LANCASTER NE-
1034 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OTOE AND EAST CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTIES...
AT 1031 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
BENNET...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY
TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENNET AND PALMYRA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4066 9647 4070 9654 4078 9647 4069 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 232DEG 18KT 4069 9647
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
BOUSTEAD/DEWALD541
WWUS53 KOAX 040351
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1051 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
NEC109-131-040359-
/O.CAN.KOAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131004T0400Z/
OTOE NE-LANCASTER NE-
1051 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN OTOE AND EAST CENTRAL
LANCASTER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHWESTERN OTOE AND SOUTHWEST CASS COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE...AND A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM.
LAT...LON 4066 9647 4070 9654 4078 9647 4069 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 234DEG 17KT 4075 9635
$$
BOUSTEAD/DEWALDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster, Saline | 35 min |
| Oct 3, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster, Saline | 35 min |
| Oct 3, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster | 30 min |
| Oct 3, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 26 min |
| Oct 3, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 52 min |
| Oct 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saline | 48 min |
| Oct 3, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 52 min |
| Oct 3, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 31 min |
| Oct 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 24 min |
| Oct 3, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Otoe | 30 min |
| Oct 3, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saline | 32 min |
| Oct 3, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 35 min |
| Oct 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Saline, Seward | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Lancaster, Saline | 34 min |
| Oct 3, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Platte | 29 min |
| Oct 3, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass | 37 min |
| Oct 3, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe | 35 min |
| Oct 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 30 min |
| Oct 3, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Butler, Colfax | 51 min |
| Oct 4, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Dodge, Saunders | 64 min |
| Oct 4, 12:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Colfax, Platte | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Stanton, Wayne | 32 min |
| Oct 4, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar, Stanton, Wayne | 29 min |
| Oct 4, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Knox, Pierce | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee | 29 min |
| Oct 4, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope, Knox | 38 min |
| Oct 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Wayne | 32 min |
| Oct 4, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Otoe | 23 min |
| Oct 4, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar, Knox | 23 min |
| Oct 4, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 30 min |
| Oct 4, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Thurston | 45 min |
| Oct 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 27 min |
| Oct 4, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Thurston | 41 min |
| Oct 4, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.