Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1990, 7:03 PM CST for Butler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1990, 7:03 PM CST (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 3595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 KLNK 140103
TORLNK
NEC023-140130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN NE
703 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
BUTLER
AT 700 PM CST RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING IN
NORTHERN YORK COUNTY...ABOUT 48 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO BUTLER COUNTY SHORTLY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES
THE TOWN OF DAVID CITY.
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 COV\ER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
DAVISWhat 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, Mar 13, 2:16 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 110 PM MST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE NEBRASKA THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLE...TONIGHT... AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM IS PRODUCING SNOW IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. AS OF 1PM MST SNOW AMOUNTS INCLUDED 5 INCHES AT MORRILL AND 3 INCHES AT MITCHELL. SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE MORE SNOW IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER TONIGHT. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. GAVERS/WATTERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
NEZ010-020-131900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 215 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS... AT 205 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SOUTHERN SARPY COUNTY INTO SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS METROPOLITAN AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AS WELL AS WESTERN IOWA UNTIL 600 PM CST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN CASE A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING IS ISSUED. SEELEY
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:03 PM CST, 4 hours before
NEZ010-020-IAZ009-131900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 255 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFF AREA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS AREA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA. AT 250 PM CST THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NORTHEAST HARRISON INTO NORTHWEST SHELBY COUNTY OF IOWA...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA. NEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR BEATRICE AND IN NORTHWEST RICHARDSON COUNTY...75 MILES SOUTH OF OMAHA. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AS WELL AS WESTERN IOWA UNTIL 600 PM CST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. LISTEN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO STATION OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING IS ISSUED. SEELEY
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 4:48 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 345 PM MST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE TONIGHT... ...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM IS PRODUCING SNOW IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. SCOTTSBLUFF AND ALLIANCE REPORTED 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE PAST HOUR. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL IN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER. TRAVEL IN THE PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT... MOTORISTS SHOULkD REDUCE SPEED AND BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. GAVERS
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:09 PM CST, 54 minutes before
NEZ010-020-IAZ009-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 600 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST IOWA... AT 600 PM CST...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST IOWA HAD DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND SOME MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING IF SEVERE WEATHER IS REPORTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:20 PM CST, 43 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 615 PM MST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE TONIGHT... ...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES PRODUCING SNOW IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. AS OF 5 PM MST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE PANHANDLE INCLUDED 7 INCHES AT CHADRON...4 INCHES AT SCOTTSBLUFF...AND 3 INCHES AT ALLIANCE. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER. TRAVEL IN THE PANHANDLE WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER DELAYS DUE TO SNOW. WITH PARTICULARLY HEAVY SNOW IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE...STAY HOME IF YOU CAN. FREEZING RAIN HAD SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST NEBRASKA JUST EAST OF THE PANHANDLE. AT 5 PM MST MULLEN REPORTED FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING TO COAT SURFACES. VALENTINE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE LIGHT RAIN WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 34 DEGREES. DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DETERIORATE IN NORTHWEST NEBRASKA JUST EAST OF THE PANHANDLE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR LATER TONIGHT. POLLACK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 7:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Dodge, Saunders | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Jefferson, Saline, Seward | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 8:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Seward | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 9:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 9:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy, Saunders | 68 min |
| Mar 13, 10:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 52 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.