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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Hastings, NE

July 8, 1993Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1993, 8:21 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1993, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1993, 8:55 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, NE, Kearney County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2676 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
2676 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper65 min
Jul 8, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson37 min
Jul 8, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps51 min
Jul 8, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan50 min
Jul 8, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo39 min
Jul 8, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall, Webster48 min
Jul 8, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton, Nuckolls51 min
Jul 8, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance40 min
Jul 8, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Webster25 min
Jul 8, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall25 min
Jul 8, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer63 min
Jul 8, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York63 min
Jul 8, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton, Merrick36 min
Jul 8, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls36 min
Jul 8, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance36 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.