Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 35, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1991, 6:19 PM MDT for Arthur County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1991, 6:19 PM MDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1991, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Arthur County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1872 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 190020 TORLBF NEC005-190045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 719 PM CDT (619 PM MDT) TUE JUN 18 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT (645 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...ARTHUR COUNTY AT 616 PM MDT ARTHUR COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF ARTHUR NEBRASKA MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ARTHUR IS LOCATED 52 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR ALL OF ARTHUR COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK 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 SITUATION. 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 FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. CARMEL
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
Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
200 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 1991
...REPORTS FROM JUNE 17 1991...
TIME LOCATION EVENT
305 PM MDT 5 MI SW OF HYANNIS PUBLIC-SHERIFF
AND 15 MI S OF ASHBY RPRTD FUNNELS
335 PM MDT LEMOYNE SPOTTERS RPRTD
FUNNELS
405 PM MDT JUST WEST OF MULLEN RADAR INDCD HOOK
(HOOKER COUNTY SHERIFF RPRTD 6 SEPARATE TORNADOES FM 400-410 PM MDT)
425 PM MDT 5 MI W OF MULLEN RADAR INDCD HOOK
430 PM MDT 15 MI N OF TRYON TORNADO...BY SHERRIFF
>
447 PM MDT VENANGO FUNNEL RPRTD
BY OGALLALA
WARNING POINT
618 PM CDT 8 MI W OF TRYON RADAR INDCD HOOK
640 PM CDT 5 MI N OF TRYON RADAR INDCD HOOK
808 PM CDT UNION PACIFIC RR SHOPS FUNNEL AND 1 INCH
(JUST WEST OF LBF) HAIL
825 PM CDT INDIAN HILLS (SW OF LBF) 3/4 INCH HAIL BY
OFF DUTY WEATHERMAN
828 PM CDT NORTH PLATTE (SOUTH TABOR ST) MARBLE HAIL
835 PM CDT NORTH PLATTE NMRS RPRTS OF
1/2 TO 1 INCH HAIL
935 PM CDT ANSLEY TAYLOR WARNING PT
RPRTD PEA-MARBLE HAIL
1000 PM CDT MASON CITY PEA TO MARBLE HAIL
>
1000 PM CDT WEST SIDE OF MCCOOK PEA-MARBLE HAIL
1010-1025 PM CDT MCCOOK URBAN STREET
FLOODING/PEA HAIL
1030 PM CDT BARTLEY PEA SIZED HAIL
SCSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 3:56 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NEZ006-012-182255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 355 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR GRANT...ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM MDT.. AT 350 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ASHBY TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEYSTONE...OR FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST TO 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WALAWENDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 13 min |
| Jun 18, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 68 min |
| Jun 18, 8:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 9:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 49 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.