Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1993, 7:19 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawson 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 72 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRI 040019
TORGRI
NEC047-040045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
719 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
DAWSON
AT 715 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 5 MILES
SOUTH OF COZAD OR ABOUT TEN MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING TOWARD LEXINGTON AND OVERTON.
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.
MLGWhat 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, Jul 3, 3:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-032130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 336 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 325 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. FURTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THEY MAY RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...ESPECIALLY WESTERN SECTIONS ...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES. DAS
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-032230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 434 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 425 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA 25 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF STAPLETON NEBRASKA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. THEY WERE SCATTERED IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH...TO NORTH PLATTE...TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE MOVING INTO AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AFTER 600 PM. DAS
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-032330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 539 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 525 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE IN A 35 TO 40 MILE WIDE BAND WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES EAST OF AINSWORTH...TO 25 MILES WEST OF BROKEN BOW...TO 20 MILES WEST OF MCCOOK...TO 30 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW NEAR DUNNING...AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE APPROACHING SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NEED TO KEEP ABREST OF THE LATEST INFORMATION THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA. DAS
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:37 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-040030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 637 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM NORTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING FROM THE NEBRASKA SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER 30 MILES NORTH OF O'NEIL...TO 7 MILES WEST OF BROKEN BOW...TO MCCOOK...TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE LINE WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOTHENBURG...AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. . THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO DAWSON...GOSPER..AND FURNAS COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BETWEEN 700 PM AND 730 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 45 min |
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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.