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Tornado Warning 23, NWS North Platte, NE

June 3, 1991Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1991, 3:57 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1991, 3:57 PM MDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1991, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Dundy County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1991-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1991-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 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 032157
TORLBF
NEC057-032230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
357 PM MDT MON JUN 3 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHERN DUNDY

AT 352 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A SHERIFFS DEPUTY NEAR THE
TOWN OF BOANE WHICH IS 8 MILES WEST OF BENKELMAN.  THIS TORNADO
IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS WOULD BE
ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND.

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 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 PZILLOWS.

 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING
 FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

  MONSON 2156

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, Jun 3, 2:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-032035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
335 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1991

A 25 MILE WIDE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO BLOOM
ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR THE COMMUNITY
OF PAXTON.  PEA SIZE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AT 215 PM MDT.

OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION AND
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS AS
THEY MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

THE STORM IS ENROUTE TOWARDS KEYSTONE SO PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECATUTIONS.

RN

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.