Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 14, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 1993, 7:46 PM MDT for Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1993, 7:46 PM MDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1993, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Keith County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 050147 TORLBF NEC101-050230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 846 PM CDT (746 PM MDT) WED AUG 4 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 ...EASTERN KEITH COUNTY AT 743 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEYSTONE OR 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PAXTON 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, Aug 4, 5:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
NEZ002-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 520 PM MDT WED AUG 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WHILE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY. AT 515 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 55 MILES NORTH EAST OF ALLIANCE OR 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM OVER WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM MDT. RENZ
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-050145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 548 PM MDT WED AUG 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ARTHUR...GRANT...HOOKER...MCPHERSON KEITH...PERKINS...CHASE AND DUNDY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT 535 PM MDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MCPHERSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF TRYON WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. RESIDENTS OF TRYON SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GRANT COUNTY. THIS STORM IS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST GRANT AND SOUTHWEST HOOKER COUNTIES. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST, AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF ASHBY AND HYANNIS BY 600 PM MDT. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-050145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 548 PM MDT WED AUG 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ARTHUR...GRANT...HOOKER...MCPHERSON KEITH...PERKINS...CHASE AND DUNDY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT 535 PM MDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MCPHERSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF TRYON AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. RESIDENTS OF TRYON SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GRANT COUNTY. THIS STORM IS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST GRANT AND SOUTHWEST HOOKER COUNTIES. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY. THESE STORLMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF ASHBY AND HYANNIS BY 600 PM MDT. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED VALID TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 548 PM MDT WED AUG 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ARTHUR...GRANT...HOOKER...MCPHERSON KEITH...PERKINS...CHASE AND DUNDY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT 535 PM MDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MCPHERSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF TRYON AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. RESIDENTS OF TRYON SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GRANT COUNTY. THIS STORM IS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST GRANT AND SOUTHWEST HOOKER COUNTIES. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY. V THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF ASHBY AND HYANNIS BY 600 PM MDT. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:48 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-050150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 745 PM CDT WED AUG 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ARTHUR...GRANT...HOOKER...MCPHERSON KEITH...PERKINS...CHASE AND DUNDY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT 735 PM MDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MCPHERSON AND NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTIES. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE AND IS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. RESIDENTS IN NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN NORTHEAST ARTHUR COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF CALORA AND RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. FAUCETTE
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:52 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-050150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 745 PM CDT WED AUG 4 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM MDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ARTHUR...GRANT...HOOKER...MCPHERSON KEITH...PERKINS...CHASE AND DUNDY COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT 735 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MCPHERSON AND NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTIES. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE AND IS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. RESIDENTS IN NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. > ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN NORTHEAST ARTHUR COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF CALORA AND RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. FAUCETTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 7:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 8:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 43 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.