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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Nance, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 22 min |
| Jun 12, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Howard, Sherman | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nance | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard, Merrick | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick | 35 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.