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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Hastings, NE

June 16, 19904 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1990, 7:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 67 min. 5 reports 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, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer 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 16, 8:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Clay, NE
Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDTTornado F1Nuckolls, NE
Jun 16, 8:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Thayer, NE
Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDTTornado F1Thayer, NE
Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDTHail 2Thayer, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3235 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
14.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 170053
TORGRI
NEC035-059-129-169-170200-

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

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

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHERN CLAY...WESTERN FILLMORE...NUCKOLLS...NORTHWEST 
      THAYER

AT 745 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR LAWRENCE AND
DEWESSE NEBRASKA...25 MILES SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EDGAR AND ANGUS AND VICINITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEIATELY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls32 min
Jun 16, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay34 min
Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls, Webster63 min
Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer63 min
Jun 16, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer28 min
Jun 16, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer68 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.