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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2021, 3:54 PM CST for Dodge County, Douglas County, Washington County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
- Dec 15, 2021, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2021, 4:22 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Washington County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 4:10 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | Arlington, NE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 1:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 2165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
590
WFUS53 KOAX 152154
TOROAX
NEC053-055-177-152245-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0019.211215T2154Z-211215T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
354 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Washington County in east central Nebraska...
Southeastern Dodge County in east central Nebraska...
Northwestern Douglas County in east central Nebraska...
* Until 445 PM CST.
* At 353 PM CST, a tornado producing storm was located over Yutan, or
20 miles west of Omaha, moving northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar 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 storm will be near...
Elkhorn around 400 PM CST.
Arlington around 405 PM CST.
Kennard around 410 PM CST.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Blair and Fort Calhoun.
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 4149 9602 4148 9601 4128 9621 4138 9643
4168 9632 4168 9619 4165 9610 4161 9612
4158 9608 4154 9609 4151 9604 4155 9601
4153 9600 4151 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 215DEG 66KT 4123 9641
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CA1 follow-up statement
281
WWUS53 KOAX 152222
SVSOAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
422 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
NEC053-055-177-152231-
/O.CAN.KOAX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-211215T2245Z/
Washington NE-Dodge NE-Douglas NE-
422 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN DODGE AND
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for southwestern
Iowa...and east central Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4149 9602 4148 9601 4128 9621 4138 9643
4168 9632 4168 9619 4165 9610 4161 9612
4158 9608 4154 9609 4151 9604 4155 9601
4153 9600 4151 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 215DEG 66KT 4166 9600
$$
CAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Butler, Colfax, Madison, Pierce and 2 more | 56 min |
| Dec 15, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline, Saunders and 1 more | 64 min |
| Dec 15, 2:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Boone, Madison, Platte, Stanton | 24 min |
| Dec 15, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Colfax, Platte | 40 min |
| Dec 15, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster and 5 more | 81 min |
| Dec 15, 2:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Platte | 31 min |
| Dec 15, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Madison, Platte, Stanton | 24 min |
| Dec 15, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Saunders and 4 more | 51 min |
| Dec 15, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Cedar, Colfax, Knox, Madison, Pierce and 3 more | 62 min |
| Dec 15, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Seward | 16 min |
| Dec 15, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Colfax, Cuming, Stanton | 35 min |
| Dec 15, 3:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Madison, Stanton, Wayne | 31 min |
| Dec 15, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 3 more | 70 min |
| Dec 15, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Cuming, Thurston, Washington | 64 min |
| Dec 15, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas, Saunders | 30 min |
| Dec 15, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cuming, Thurston | 45 min |
| Dec 15, 4:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 14 min |
| Dec 15, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson | 34 min |
| Dec 15, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass | 33 min |
| Dec 15, 4:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Washington | 17 min |
| Dec 15, 5:08 PM CST | Blowing Dust Advisory | OAX | Cass, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha and 5 more | 4 hr |
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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.