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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1990, 7:38 PM CDT for Furnas County, Gosper County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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
- May 18, 1990, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Furnas County, NE, Gosper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Furnas, 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRI 190038
TORGRI
NEC065-073-190130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
738 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
NORTHWEST FURNAS...SOUTHERN GOSPER
AT 735 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUHTWEST OF
CAMBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN OF
CAMBRIDGE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT
OR BELOW GROUND. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND M`OBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING.
DER/JBSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 435 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA AS WELL AS WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 10PM CDT... AT 435 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND ALSO IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. IN THE NORTHEAST THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO SIOUX CITY IOWA. HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST WEST OF YANKTON. MOVMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WERE FROM IMPERIAL NORTH TO OGALLALA. MOVMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35MPH. DERN
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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
Special weather statement, May 18, 6:50 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-190045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 635 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA AS WELL AS WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 10PM CDT...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL MID NIGHT... AT 635 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOPE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST PART OF THE STATE. IN THE NORTHEAST THE ONLY THUNDERSTORM REMAINING IN THE STATE WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF YANKTON. IT WAS DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35MPH. IN THE SOUTHWEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST SOUTHWEST OF MCCOOK...ANOTHER WAS JUST WESTN AND SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE ONE NEAR NORTH PLATTE HAD SPAWNED SEVERAL TORNADOES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35MPH. DER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 29 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.