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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1990, 11:58 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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 25, 1990, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1990, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton 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 26, 12:25 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 74 | Hamilton, 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 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 260458
TORGRI
NEC081-260530-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
1158 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHWEST HAMILTON
AT 1155 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING POSSIBLE TORNADOES
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF GRAND ISLAND. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREE
AND POWER LINE DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AND WIND GUSTS TO 78 MPH
HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PHILLIPS OR GILTNER AREAS...YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!
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 HAI&L...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, 5 hours 9 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, 2 hours 18 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, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hall | 27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.