Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1990, 5:18 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Hall County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 25, 1990, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Hall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Hall, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 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 252218
TORGRI
NEC019-079-252245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
518 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
EASTERN BUFFALO...WESTERN HALL
...AT 515 PM CDT...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BUFFALO AND
WESTERN HALL COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
SPOTTERS REPORT 2 TORNADOS ON THE GROUND 5 MILES NORTH AND 2 MILES
SOUTH OF SHELTON MOVING SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT
OR qBELOW GROUND. OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
TO SAVE YOUR LIVES.What 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, Jul 25, 11:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
NEZ018-019>019-251700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 1145AM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF CLAY AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF FILLMORE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 3 PM CDT. AT 11 30 AM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED FROM CENTRAL INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND OVER PARTS OF WESTERN IOWA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE HEAVIEST AND MOST NUMEROUS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A SCATTERED BUT IRREGULAR LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR FORT CALHOUN JUST NORTH OF OMAHA TO SEWARD THEN TO JUST SOUTH OF SUTTON. THE SCHOOL CREEK HAS BE REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS AFTER 2 INCHES OR MORE RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STOKES
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 12:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
NEZ018-019>-251700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 1230 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF CLAY AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF FILLMORE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 3 PM CDT. A STORM SPOTTER REPORTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN AND AROUND SUTTON IN EASTERN CLAY COUNTY SINCE 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. AND AT 12 30 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE SUTTON AREA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST FILLMORE AND SOUTHWEST YORK COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SUTTON...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN AND FROM THE FREMONT AREA NORTHEAST TO MONDAMIN IOWA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STOKES
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
NEZ018-019>-014>-252130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 330 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9PM CDT... AT 330 POM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE AREA WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND TO NEBRASKA CITY...30 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA. THE SHOWERS EXTENDED NORTH TO THE MISSOURI RIVER 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ONEILL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 30 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND TO LINCOLN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST TO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...IN AN AREA 20 MILES WIDE FROM MCCOOK TO 30 MILES NORTH OF AINSWORTH. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN AN AREA 50 MILES IN DIAMETER FROM THE NEBRASKA STATELINE...30 MILES SOUTH OF HOLDREGE...TO HILLS CITY KANSAS. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. BW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 11:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, York | 62 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990
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.