Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1991, 6:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 49 min. 4 reports 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
- Apr 11, 1991, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1991, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Webster, NE | |
| Apr 11, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Nuckolls, NE | |
| Apr 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Adams, NE | |
| Apr 11, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Clay, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 11, 3:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-112145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 335 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA TILL 10 PM CDT... AT 335 PM CDT THUNDESTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND A FEW NEW ONES WERE IN THE WEST CENTRAL. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THE STORMS WERE IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER SOUTH OF HASTINGS...NORTHWEST ACROSS INTER STATE 80 BETWEEN KEARNEY AND LEXINGTON...TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST NORTH OF ELM CREEK OR 20 MILES WEST OF KEARNEY...AND JUST SOUTH OF AXTELL OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF KEARNEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 35MPH. DER
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-112145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 440 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA TILL 10 PM CDT... AT 435 PM CDT THUNDESTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE FROM NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEAR SMITH CENTER TO LOUP CITY...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND. STRONG STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRONG GUSTY WIND gAND A FEW LIKELY CONTAIN PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE KANSAS STATELINE...35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS. ANOTHER WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF KEARNEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 35 MPH. BW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 67 min |
| Apr 11, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.