Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Nuckolls, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 68 min |
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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.