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Tornado Warning 16, NWS North Platte, NE

August 29, 1993Cedar County, Pierce County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 1993, 6:58 PM CDT for Cedar County, Pierce County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 1993, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cedar County, NE, Pierce County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 350 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1993-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 300006 COR
TOROFK
NEC039-139-300030-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED...SHOULD BE CEDAR COUNTY NOT CUMING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
658 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

   ...SOUTHERN CEDAR COUNTY...EASTERN PIERCE COUNTY

AT 655 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF PIERCE IN PIERCE
COUNTY AND A SPOTTER WAS REPORTING A FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES NORTH OF
PIERCE. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE SHELTER IN 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.

BOWMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster31 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.