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Tornado Warning 25, NWS North Platte, NE

June 15, 1990Hayes County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1990, 6:37 PM CDT for Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1990, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Hayes 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1363 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1363 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 KLBF 152337
TORLBF
NEC085-160015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
637 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      HAYES

AT 630 PM MDT HAYAS SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN
NORTH OF STRATTON AND 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON NEBRASKA
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...FIND SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST
PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO A BASEMENT IF
ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

 HETZKE 2336ZER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope61 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Pierce48 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCedar48 min
Jun 14, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMadison, Wayne48 min
Jun 14, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMadison, Stanton46 min
Jun 14, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFColfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton51 min
Jun 14, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFColfax, Platte, Stanton3 hr
Jun 14, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFMadison3 hr
Jun 14, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope28 min
Jun 15, 1:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFColfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton3 hr
Jun 15, 5:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFColfax, Platte3 hr
Jun 15, 5:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFAntelope3 hr
Jun 15, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Dundy58 min
Jun 15, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith61 min
Jun 15, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFPerkins34 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.