Tornado Warning 8, NWS Omaha, NE

Issued

May 9, 2016, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)

Expired

May 9, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Omaha, NE

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.0 in

County Lancaster County, NE

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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430 
WFUS53 KOAX 092150
TOROAX
NEC109-092215-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0008.160509T2150Z-160509T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
450 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 515 PM CDT
    
* AT 449 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BENNET AROUND 510 PM CDT. 

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 466 AND 469.
 
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 4068 9667 4079 9654 4075 9646 4074 9646
      4063 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 322DEG 7KT 4071 9656 

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

$$

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113 
WWUS53 KOAX 092200
SVSOAX

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

NEC109-092215-
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160509T2215Z/
LANCASTER NE-
500 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY...
    
AT 456 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HICKMAN...OR 10
MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 466 AND 469.
 
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 4068 9667 4079 9654 4075 9646 4074 9646
      4063 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 055DEG 15KT 4068 9661 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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