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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE

June 12, 1990Merrick County, Nance County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1990, 8:21 PM CDT for Merrick County, Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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 12, 1990, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Merrick County, NE, Nance 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 12, 8:49 PM CDTTornado F1Nance, 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-13Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
3586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 130121
TORGRI
NEC121-125-130200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
821 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHWEST MERRICK...WESTERN NANCE

AT 815 PM A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PALMER NEBRASKA...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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 CARSZ AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
TO SAVE YOUR LIVES.

 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 1 AM
 CDT THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall25 min
Jun 12, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson22 min
Jun 12, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman54 min
Jun 12, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson33 min
Jun 12, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Howard, Sherman43 min
Jun 12, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNance53 min
Jun 12, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward34 min
Jun 12, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHoward, Merrick39 min
Jun 12, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMerrick35 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.