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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 1993, 7:02 PM CDT for Sherman County, Nebraska. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 1993, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1993, 7:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1607 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRI 300002
TORGRI
NEC077-093-163-300045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
702 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN GREELEY...NORTHERN HOWARD...EXTREME NORTHEAST
SHERMAN
AT 659 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES EAST OF
LOUP CITY...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND. THE TOWN OF
COATSFIELD IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE STORM
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
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.
DASWhat 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, Aug 29, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-290845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 541 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WARNING FOR SHERMAN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 532 PM CDT...A LINE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST KANSAS...ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 15 MILES WIDE...AND WAS FROM 25 MILES EAST OF MCCOOK TO KEARNEY TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND THEN TO 20 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AND WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THREATEN WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY...IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. WEST
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:41 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-300045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED ISSUE TIMES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 641 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WARNING FOR SHERMAN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 632 PM CDT...A LINE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST KANSAS...ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 15 MILES WIDE...AND WAS FROM 25 MILES EAST OF MCCOOK TO KEARNEY TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND THEN TO 20 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AND WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THREATEN WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY...IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. WEST
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:53 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-300045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED ISSUE TIMES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE 641 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WARNING FOR SHERMAN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 632 PM CDT...A LINE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST KANSAS...ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 15 MILES WIDE...AND WAS FROM 25 MILES EAST OF MCCOOK TO KEARNEY TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND THEN TO 20 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AND WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THREATEN WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY...IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. WEST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 43 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.