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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

June 16, 1990Clay County, Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1990, 8:27 PM CDT for Clay County, Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1990, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDTTornado F1Nuckolls, NE

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -117 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-2.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 170127
SVRGRI
NEC035-059-129-169-181-170230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
827 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHEAST CLAY...FILLMORE...NUCKOLLS...NORTHWEST THAYER...
      SOUTHEAST WEBSTER

AT 820 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS
FROM EAST OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA NEAR SHICKLEY TO RED CLOUD NEBRASKA.
THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH HAD BEEN REPORTED NEAR EDGAR NEBRASKA...OR
25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING

REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls32 min
Jun 16, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay34 min
Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer67 min
Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer63 min
Jun 16, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer28 min
Jun 16, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer68 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.