Tornado Warning 7, NWS Omaha, NE

Issued

May 9, 2016, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)

Expired

May 9, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Omaha, NE

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Hail

0.75 in

County Lancaster County, NE

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS53 KOAX 092132
TOROAX
NEC109-092200-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0007.160509T2132Z-160509T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
432 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 431 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN
  LINCOLN...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTERN LINCOLN AROUND 500 PM CDT. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 466.
 
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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 9655 4073 9663 4080 9661 4080 9651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 184DEG 7KT 4075 9660 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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817 
WWUS53 KOAX 092147
SVSOAX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
447 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

NEC109-092200-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160509T2200Z/
LANCASTER NE-
447 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY...
    
AT 447 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BENNET...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 466.
 
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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 9655 4072 9660 4080 9658 4080 9651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 322DEG 7KT 4071 9656 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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