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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Hastings, NE

June 16, 1990Clay County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1990, 7:41 PM CDT for Clay County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Clay 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, 8:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61	Clay, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 170041
TORGRI
NEC035-170115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
741 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHERN CLAY

AT 635 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY REPORTS AND RADAR NEAR
LAWRENCE AND DEWESSE NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE IN FAIRFIELD AND VICINIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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 MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING.

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, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	67 min
Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	63 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

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1990 Every tornado warning in 1990 Tornadoes in 1990

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.