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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Hastings, NE

June 16, 1990Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1990, 8:47 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1990, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fillmore 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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-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 170147
TORGRI
NEC059-169-170215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHEAST FILLMORE...THAYER

AT 840 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR
BRUNING NEBRASKA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 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, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer67 min
Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls, Webster63 min
Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.