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Tornado Warning 18, NWS North Platte, NE

June 1, 1990Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1990, 8:17 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1990, 8:17 PM MDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Perkins 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1876 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 020217
TORLBF
NEC135-020245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
817 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHERN PERKINS

AT 812 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 3 MILES SOUTH
OF GRANT NEBRASKA BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOTTER.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

REPORTS OF TORNADOS OR TORNADO DAMAGE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

 SJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:05 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCuster25 min
Jun 1, 7:15 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCuster45 min
Jun 1, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha29 min
Jun 1, 7:32 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCuster28 min
Jun 1, 7:58 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCuster32 min
Jun 1, 7:59 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFLoup31 min
Jun 1, 8:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith54 min
Jun 1, 8:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt42 min
Jun 1, 8:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln67 min
Jun 1, 10:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster63 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.