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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 1993, 7:26 AM CDT for Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1993, 7:26 AM CDT (12:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1993, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Phelps County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 448 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 261226
TORGRI
NEC137-261300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
726 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN PHELPS
AT 723 AM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF HOLDREGE
IN SOUTHERN PHELPS COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN
HOLDREGE...FUNK AND WILCOX SHOULD BE PREPAED TO COVER NOW!
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.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
TO SAVE YOUR LIVES. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO WITH YOUR CAR.
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKLEY WITH THIS STORM.
GRIFFITHWhat 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 26, 2:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-270845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 251 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTH OF HOLDREGE...HASTINGS AND GENEVA... AT 230 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL SMALL HAIL...REMAINED SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MOST OF THESE STORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER AN AREA 60 MILES NORTHWEST THROUGH 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF STORMS AND SHOWERS WHICH COVERED MUCH OF THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF AINSWORTH...TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCOOK ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER. THIS PRECIPITATION EXTENDED EAST AS FAR AS COLUMBUS. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR... WHILE THE AREA MOVED EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY WORSEN EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS FLOOD SITUATION. VALONE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-270845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 454 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER REPUBLICAN...LITTLE BLUE ...AND WOOD RIVERS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR AREAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTH OF HOLDREGE...HASTINGS...AND GENEVA... AT 435 AM CDT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER A 5 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF GRAND ISLAND...TO 5 MILES NORTH OF HASTINGS. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS...TO 40 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND. THESE STORMS EXTENDED NORTHEAST TO NEAR COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF STORMS AND SHOWERS WHICH COVERED MUCH OF A 80 TO 90 MILE WIDE AREA CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM HOLDREGE...TO MIDWAY BETWEEN SIOUX CITY IOWA AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA HAS MOVED VERY LITTLE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS AS STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP COPIOUS RAINFALL ON CENTRAL NEBRASKA. COUNTIES IN THE WOOD RIVER BASIN WHICH INCLUDE BUFFALO AND HALL HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL SINCE LAST EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN FURTHER...MORE SERIOUS FLOODING OF THE WOOD RIVER IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE AREA OVER WHICH THIS PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING WAS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THE SUNRISE HOURS. THE COPIOUS RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...PARTICULARLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. VALONE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-261230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 625 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 615 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR EDISON...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY AND NEAR STOCKVILLE...40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCASTS...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION. STOPPKOTTE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-261230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 625 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 615 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR EDISON...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY AND NEAR STOCKVILLE...40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCASTS...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION. STOPPKOTTE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:45 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-261245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND N 645 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 630 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FROM MCCOOK TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK. ALSO...15 MILES WEST OF HOLDREGE NEAR ARAPAHOE AND EDISON. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO GOSPER...NORTHERN FURNAS...AND WESTERN PHELPS COUNTIES BY 730 AM. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THEY WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF O'NEIL...TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEARNEY...TO THE STATE LINE 20 MILES SOUTH OF HOLDREGE. . MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. DAS MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. DAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Kearney | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 8:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan, Phelps | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Kearney | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 9:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 9:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 46 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.