Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1993, 8:43 PM CDT for Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1993, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harlan County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 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 KGRI 020146
SVRGRI
NEC083-020215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION AND ADDITIONS AT END
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
843 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN HARLAN
AT 840 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY...NEAR ORLEANS IN SOUTHWEST HARLAN COUNTY.
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH..AND TOWARD
ALMA AND HARLAN COUNTY RESERVOIR...BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SHORE
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG
BUILDING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM.
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.
BOATERS SHOULD MOVE OFF LAKES TO NEARBY SHELTER.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WARNING FOR EASTERN FURNAS AND SOUTHWEST
HARLAN...WHICH EXPIRES AT 845 PM.
AT 842 PM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF ORLEANS.
AT 844 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT STAMFORD.
DGSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 1, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 640 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 630 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF MULLEN SOUTHEAST TO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF BROKEN BOW THEN SOUTH INTO WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY NEAR GOTHENBURG. THE STRONGEST STORM ALONG THE LINE WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF GOTHENBURG. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM SKIRTS THE NORTHERN PART OF DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EDDYVILLE AND SUMMNER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CORRECTED UGC CODE LEW
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 710 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 7 PM CDT A CLUSTER OF STRONG TNUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN THE VIICNITY OF BROKEN BOW. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF AN AREA FROM BETWEEN MULLEN AND AINSWORTH TO NEAR LEXINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING SINCE 630 PM. DUE TO THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WIND TO 45 MPH COULD AFFECT THE AREA BETWEEN BURWELL AND KEARNEY OVER VALLEY AND SHERMAN COUNTIES BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. UP TO 710 PM...NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. DGS
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 710 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 7 PM CDT A CLUSTER OF STRONG TNUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN THE VIICNITY OF BROKEN BOW. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF AN AREA FROM BETWEEN MULLEN AND AINSWORTH TO NEAR LEXINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING SINCE 630 PM. DUE TO THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WIND TO 45 MPH COULD AFFECT THE AREA BETWEEN BURWELL AND KEARNEY OVER VALLEY AND SHERMAN COUNTIES BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. UP TO 710 PM...NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. DGS
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-020130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 735 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 730 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL...EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONEILL TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND...NEAR LOUP CITY...THEN TO 15 MILES WEST OF KEARNEY. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF BROKEN BOW AND WILL BE MOVING EAST INTO VALLEY COUNTY...NEAR ARCADIA...BY AROUND 8PM CDT. STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SOME HAIL WILL LIKEL Y ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS VALLEY COUNTY. PERSONS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND ESPECIALLY IN VALLEY COUNTY... SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THEIR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DGD
Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:15 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 815 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1993 TIME/CDT LOCATION /EVENT 755 PM FURNAS COUNTY...ARAPAHOE- PEA SIZE HAIL. 808 PM FURNAS COUNTY...SOUTH OF ARAPAHOE- HAIL PEA TO GOLFBALL SIZE. 810 PM FURNAS COUNTY...EDISON- ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL. DGS
Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:16 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 815 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1993 TIME/CDT LOCATION /EVENT 755 PM FURNAS COUNTY...ARAPAHOE- PEA SIZE HAIL. 808 PM FURNAS COUNTY...SOUTH OF ARAPAHOE- HAIL PEA TO GOLFBALL SIZE. 810 PM FURNAS COUNTY...EDISON- ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL. DGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.