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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Omaha, NE

July 7, 2025Madison County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2025, 8:50 PM CDT for Madison County, Nebraska. It was in force for 14 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: Jul 7, 2025, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2025, 9:04 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Madison County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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
Jul 7, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1884 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 8.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

756 
WFUS53 KOAX 080150
TOROAX
NEC119-080215-
/O.NEW.KOAX.TO.W.0021.250708T0150Z-250708T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
850 PM CDT Mon Jul 7 2025

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Madison County in northeastern Nebraska...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 850 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles south of Meadow Grove, or 19 miles northeast of
  Albion, moving southeast at 25 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
  southwestern Madison County.

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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4195 9775 4186 9748 4174 9765 4187 9781
      4193 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 302DEG 22KT 4190 9775 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Petersen

1 follow-up statement

873 
WWUS53 KOAX 080204
SVSOAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
904 PM CDT Mon Jul 7 2025

NEC119-080214-
/O.CAN.KOAX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250708T0215Z/
Madison NE-
904 PM CDT Mon Jul 7 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northeastern Nebraska. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until 400 AM CDT for northeastern Nebraska.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Omaha.

&&

LAT...LON 4195 9775 4186 9748 4174 9765 4187 9781
      4193 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 302DEG 22KT 4186 9767 

$$

Petersen

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Pierce	49 min
Jul 7, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Knox	46 min
Jul 7, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cedar, Knox, Pierce	39 min
Jul 7, 7:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Knox, Pierce	3 hr
Jul 7, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone	45 min
Jul 7, 7:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Cedar, Knox	3 hr
Jul 7, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Madison, Pierce	39 min
Jul 7, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Antelope, Boone, Madison, Pierce, Stanton	52 min
Jul 7, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Stanton, Thurston and 1 more	39 min
Jul 7, 9:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Antelope, Madison, Pierce, Stanton	4 hr
Jul 7, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Saunders and 2 more	38 min
Jul 7, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Boone, Colfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton	53 min
Jul 7, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Burt, Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy and 2 more	46 min
Jul 7, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders, Washington	48 min
Jul 7, 10:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OAX	Boone, Madison, Platte	38 min
Jul 7, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Cass, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders	41 min
Jul 7, 10:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OAX	Boone, Madison, Platte	5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.