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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2014, 6:31 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wayne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 14, 2014, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Pierce County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
307
WFUS53 KOAX 142331
TOROAX
NEC139-179-150000-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0013.140614T2331Z-140615T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
631 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
EAST CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PIERCE...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARROLL AROUND 700 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SHOLES.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 81 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 169 AND 177.
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...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4218 9755 4228 9760 4235 9736 4235 9719
4227 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 239DEG 28KT 4224 9753
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
FOBERT1 follow-up statement
126
WWUS53 KOAX 142348
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
648 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014
NEC139-179-150000-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140615T0000Z/
WAYNE NE-PIERCE NE-
648 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND EAST CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTIES...
AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF RANDOLPH...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF
NORFOLK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARROLL AROUND 700 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SHOLES.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 81 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILEMARKERS 174 AND 177.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4220 9741 4232 9744 4235 9736 4235 9719
4227 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 251DEG 26KT 4227 9736
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
FOBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Madison, Pierce and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Pierce | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Boone | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Boone, Madison, Platte | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cedar, Pierce, Wayne | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar, Wayne | 32 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.