Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1993, 8:07 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1993, 8:07 PM MDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1993, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perkins County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 3592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 130208 TORLBF NEC135-130230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 907 PM CDT (807 PM MDT) SAT JUN 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT (830 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...WESTERN PERKINS COUNTY AT 801 PM MDT...PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH AND 13 MILES WEST OF GRANT OR 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. GRANT IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE#...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. ABBAS
What 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, Jun 12, 4:33 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
NEZ012-016-017-122325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 532 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... KEITH..LINCOLN..PERKINS..CHASE..HAYES..FRONTIER..HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT. AT 528 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. HOWEVER..CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-130140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 640 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INCLUDING KEITH..LINCOLN..PERKINS..HAYES..CHASE..FRONTIER..DUNDY..HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM CDT. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA INCLUDING GRANT..HOOKER..LOGAN..ARTHUR..MCPHERSON..THOMAS AND CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. AT 638 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HOWEVER..THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE PANHANDLE AND IF THEY CONTINUE MOVING EAST THEY WILL ENTER THE WESTERN PART OF THE REGION BETWEEN OGALLALA AND HYANNIS AROUND 830 PM CDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP RAPIDLY WITHIN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PERSONS SHOULDZ ALSO BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
NEZ002-130115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 611 PM MDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH 423 IN EFFECT FOR CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 710 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MERRIMAN OR 45 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERRIMAN OR 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 35 MILES SOUTH OF MERRIMAN OR 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE IN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DANGERIOUS LIGHTING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT. SALMONS
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-130140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 735 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING... A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF OGALLALA..NORTH PLATTE.. IMPERIAL AND MCCOOK. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF HYANNIS..MULLEN..TRYON..STAPLETON AND BROKEN BOW. AT 732 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WAS APPROACHING WESTERN GRANT COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY OF ASHBY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHEN IT MOVES INTO AND THROUGH GRANT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. < OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE OUT OF THE PANHANDLE AND INTO ARTHUR AND KEITH COUNTIES AROUND 830 PM CDT. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 9:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 9:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 9:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 71 min |
| Jun 12, 10:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 10:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 12:39 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 36 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.