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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Hastings, NE

June 26, 1993Howard County, Nance County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1993, 3:46 PM CDT for Howard County, Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1993, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1993, 4:10 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Howard County, NE, Nance County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 825 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 262046
TORGRI
NEC093-121-125-262130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
346 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993

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

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      EASTERN HOWARD...WESTERN MERRICK...SOUTHWEST NANCE

AT 345 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES
NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...OR BETWEEN CUSHING AND ST. PAUL MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THE WARNING INCLUDES
THE TOWNS OF PALMER...AND ARCHER.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT
OR BELOW GROUND.  OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...TRY TO HIDE IN A DEPRESSION SUCH
AS A DITCH OR CULVERT.  COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 26, 3:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
325 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 1993

TIME CDT     LOCATION
252 PM       HAIL MARBLE SIZE NORTH LOUP-VALLEY COUNTY
255 PM       HAIL MARBLE SIZE SCOTIA-GREELEY COUNTY
250 PM       TWO TORNADOES NEAR ARCADIA-VALLEY COUNTY
302 PM       HAIL GOLF BALL SIZE SCOTIA-GREELEY COUNTY
312 PM       FUNNEL CLOUD 10 MILES WEST OF WOLBACH-GREELEY COUNTY
318 PM       HAIL PEA TO MARBLE SIZE TAYLOR-LOUP COUNTY
DGS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley29 min
Jun 26, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley42 min
Jun 26, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSherman, Valley40 min
Jun 26, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHoward28 min
Jun 26, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMerrick44 min
Jun 26, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Polk, York32 min
Jun 26, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSherman65 min
Jun 26, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo37 min
Jun 26, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHall40 min
Jun 26, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore39 min
Jun 26, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo44 min
Jun 26, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo44 min
Jun 26, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hamilton103 min
Jun 26, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall51 min
Jun 26, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDDawson29 min
Jun 26, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore47 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1993Every tornado warning in 1993Tornadoes 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.