Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 8, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1991, 6:21 PM MDT for Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1991, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1991, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KLBF 290023 COR
TORLBF
NEC029-085-290130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
721 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991
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
SOUTHEAST CHASE...SOUTHWEST HAYES
AT 555 PM MDT PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES SOUTH OF
WAUNETA...WHICH IS 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. RADAR
INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF WAUNETA MOVING
BNORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN 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 GETq INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.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, May 28, 12:32 PM MDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-281930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 135 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991 AT 130 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WHICH DEVELOPED EARLIER TO THE SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE HAS INTENSIFIED AND MOVED NORTH NORTHEAST. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS BECOME QUITE STRONG AND IS NOW LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF TRYON OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS INTENSIFIED VERY RAPIDLY AND MAY PRODUCE SOME HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MONSON
Special weather statement, May 28, 1:10 PM MDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 210 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991 AT 205 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED BETWEEN MULLEN AND THEDFORD OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH NORTHEAST AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY BY 215 PM CDT. SO FAR ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM HOWEVERM THE MAIN PART OF THE THUNDERSTORM IS OVER OPEN COUNTRY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY AS THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MONSON
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 500 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991 ....TORNADO WATCH 415 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR..KEITH..PERKINS ...CHASE AND DUNDY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 500 PM CDT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS WERE IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SHOWERS WAS IN A 20 MILE BAND FROM WHITMAN IN NORTHEAST GRANT COUNTY OR 57 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGALLALA IN KIETH COUNTY OR 50 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURING IN THE WATCH AREA IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE OGALLALA AND IMPERIAL. HETZKE
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 540 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991 ....TORNADO WATCH 415 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR..KEITH..PERKINS ...CHASE AND DUNDY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 540 PM CDT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS WERE IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SHOWERS WAS IN A 10 MILE BAND FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN IN HOOKER COUNTY OR 53 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARTHUR IN ARTHUR COUNTY OR 55 MILES WEST NORTH WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURING IN THE WATCH AREA IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE /WATCH AREA ARE OGALLALA AND IMPERIAL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST COLORADO AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BY 500 PM MDT. HETZKE
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-290130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 615 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991 ....TORNADO WATCH 415 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM MDT FOR..KEITH..PERKINS ...CHASE AND DUNDY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 615 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF COLORADO INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A 60 MILE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF OGALLALA IN KEITH COUNTY OR 60 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL IN CHASE COUNTY OR 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THLREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM. HETZKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 28, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 28, 7:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 37 min |
| May 28, 7:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 36 min |
| May 28, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan | 30 min |
| May 28, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 47 min |
| May 28, 8:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 48 min |
| May 28, 9:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt | 42 min |
| May 28, 10:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone | 35 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.