Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1993, 9:31 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1993, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hitchcock County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLBF 240232 RRA SVRLBF NEC029-057-085-087-240300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 931 PM CDT (831 PM MDT) WED JUN 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY...NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTY ...SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY...NORTHERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY AT 830 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL OR ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMMUNITIES OF PALISADE..HAMLET AND WAUNETA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABBAS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 23, 4:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ002-232230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 328 PM MDT WED JUN 23 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM MDT... AT 325 PM MDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...OR FROM MERRIMAN TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF MERRIMAN NEBRASKA IN WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DANGERIOUS LIGHTING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS OVER WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM MDT. KIRK : *2:T#r~v_^UJ
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-232215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 353 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT OR 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 350 PM MDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HOWEVER..EXTREMELY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN GRANT COUNTY FROM THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BETWEEN 4 AND 415 PM MDT. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA..ESPECIALLY THOSE IN GRANT COUNTY...SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANTS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-232215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 353 PM MDT WED JUN 23 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT OR 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 350 PM MDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HOWEVER..EXTREMELY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN GRANT COUNTY FROM THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BETWEEN 4 AND 415 PM MDT. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA..ESPECIALLY THOSE IN GRANT COUNTY...SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REMEM`BER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-232315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 418 PM MDT WED JUN 23 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 416 PM MDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHBY OR 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. PERSONS IN THE REGION SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-240120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 723 PM CDT WED JUN 23 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 720 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR HALSEY TO 5 MILES NORTH OF PAXTON OR 30 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. STORMS IN THIS LINE WHICH MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF PAXTON TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR TRYON. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST KEITH AND WESTERN PERKINS COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-240200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 803 PM CDT WED JUN 23 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 759 PM CDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF OGALLALA TO NEAR GRANT OR 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILE NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHOSE LEADING EDGE WAS LOCATED FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR ANSELMO TO 65 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEAR VENANGO. AT 740 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN..PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED AT TRYON. AT 745 PM CDT...HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUXND 30 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED AT BRULE. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Perkins | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Dundy, Hayes | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hitchcock | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Red Willow | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.