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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Hastings, NE

June 18, 1990Adams County, Kearney County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1990, 5:27 PM CDT for Adams County, Kearney County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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 18, 1990, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Adams County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Webster 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
Jun 18, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Adams, NE
Jun 18, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado F2	Adams, NE
Jun 18, 5:54 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Adams, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 2418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 294 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 182227
TORGRI
NEC001-099-181-182300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
527 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      ADAMS...SOUTHERN KEARNEY...NORTHWEST WEBSTER

AT 520 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MINDEN
NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
PEOPLE IN HOLSTEIN...ROSELAND...HASTINGS AND VICINITIES SHOULD
SEEK SHELTER AT THIS TIME.

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.

 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

 BW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Kearney	56 min
Jun 18, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	32 min
Jun 18, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton	41 min
Jun 18, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Kearney, Phelps	30 min
Jun 18, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Webster	33 min
Jun 18, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo	33 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.