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Sightings prompt brief Lancaster County tornado warning

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By the Lincoln Journal Star

Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008 - 08:06:43 pm CDT

There was no thunderstorm warning issued in Lancaster County as its emergency manager headed for the door Tuesday. But before Doug Ahlberg could leave for home, caller after caller phoned in reports of a tornado near 162nd Street and Old Cheney Road at 5:48 p.m.

“We weren’t even in a watch,” he said.

Based on the five quick calls, including the first one from a trained spotter, Ahlberg sounded the sirens in southeast Lancaster County and alerted the National Weather Service. A tornado warning was issued until 6:15 p.m., but no damage was reported following the brief scare.

“It was a very thin-roped tornado,” Ahlberg said. The tornado did not appear to have touched down, he said.


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mike wrote on July 8, 2008 8:38 pm:
" well now thats confident not even in a watch and storms are producing tornadoes "

 A wrote on July 8, 2008 9:23 pm:
" My DH was saw the tornado this evening around 162 and Old Cheney. "

 M wrote on July 8, 2008 9:57 pm:
" Uhh I didn't hear the sirens in Lincoln! I was inside...should i have? "

 Erik wrote on July 8, 2008 10:05 pm:
" One of my friends said the sirens went off inside Lincoln. Didn't hear a thing. "

 natefrog wrote on July 8, 2008 10:06 pm:
" Mike: Just because you aren't in a watch doesn't mean you can't get a tornado. It just means that conditions are particularly favorable for tornado development. Any thunderstorms can occasionally produce a tornado. "

 lp wrote on July 9, 2008 12:03 am:
" The sirens were not tripped in Lincoln at all, because the reported tornado was far outside of the city limits. Plus, the storm system was not heading towards Lincoln. What is so difficult here? If there is a tornado warning in Lancaster County...that does not automatically mean that Lincoln will soon be destroyed. People need to eduate themselves and check out of map occasionally. "

 ALB wrote on July 9, 2008 9:12 am:
" The warning was for south central Lancaster Co. The storm impacted the Firth area. Lincoln is not in south central Lancaster Co. I live in Denton, and our sirens didn't go off either. That is because we are in west central/ south west Lancaster Co. Lancaster is a larger county, there are a lot more towns in it than just Lincoln. "

 Crying wolf wrote on July 9, 2008 12:58 pm:
" I will start off by saying I understand why they throw so many warnings out, that it is better to be safe than sorry.
However, anymore when the sirens go off or a warning is aired on TV, it pretty much falls on deaf ears, because of the broad area it covers. For example, last night, there is a tornadoe warning, becasue one is spotted in south lancaster county, here I am hanging out in north Lincoln, and I am getting sunburned. Point being, many people no longer take the warnings seriously. "

 LJ wrote on July 9, 2008 7:07 pm:
" If it did not touch down, then it's not a tornado. I would think a guy being paid big bucks to be a county emergency manager would know the difference. I hope this is just a error in his quote. "

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