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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1990, 11:33 PM CDT for Hall County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1990, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1990, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hall 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 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 260433
TORGRI
NEC079-260500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1133 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
HALL
AT 1130 PM CDT...FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED JUST NORTHWEST OF GRAND
ISLAND...NEAR HIGHWAY 2 NORTH OF ENGLEMAN ROAD. THE STORM PRODUCING
THESE FUNNELS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE
IN GRAND ISALND...YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW TO SAVE YOUR LIFE!!
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKLEY WITH THIS STORM.
DGD/JBSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-260040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 640 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 635 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL WERE INCREASING IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 40 TO 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST OF CHAMBERLIN SOUTH DAKOTA TO AINSWORTH NEBRASKA AND THEN TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE CENTERED JUST NORTHEAST OF AINSWORTH AND NEAR BREWSTER...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AINSWORTH. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST A 25 TO 30 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. DGD
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-260340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 940 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. AT 930 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED IN A 100 MILE WIDE AREA TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE IN A 5 MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THSES STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST. THE LINE OF STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD REACH FROM NEAR WOOD RIVER...THROUGH GRAND ISLAND...TO NEAR CENTRAL CITY BY 1015 PM. . A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT| UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. SULLIVAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Howard | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 64 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.