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Tornado Warning 28, NWS North Platte, NE

June 15, 1990Frontier County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1990, 8:05 PM CDT for Frontier County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1990, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Frontier County, NE, Red Willow 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 1990-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2620 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
2620 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 160105
TORLBF
NEC145-063-160130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      RED-WILLOW...FRONTIER

AT 800 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A TORNADA IN WESTERN RED WILLOW AND
SOUTHWEST FRONTIER COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES
AND 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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...TAKE
COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

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

 HETZKE 0104Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHitchcock36 min
Jun 15, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln59 min
Jun 15, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes26 min
Jun 15, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln64 min
Jun 15, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier38 min
Jun 15, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant67 min
Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFBoone3 hr
Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFColfax, Cuming, Platte, Stanton3 hr
Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFMadison, Pierce, Wayne3 hr
Jun 16, 2:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFColfax, Cuming, Platte, Stanton3 hr
Jun 16, 2:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFMadison, Pierce, Wayne3 hr
Jun 16, 2:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFBoone3 hr
Jun 16, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCedar, Knox34 min
Jun 16, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt56 min
Jun 16, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBoyd, Holt31 min
Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBoyd, Holt, Knox28 min
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox30 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.