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Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE

July 3, 1993Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1993, 6:18 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1993, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1993, 6:38 PM MDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Hooker County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1993-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1993-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-450 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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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, Jul 3, 1:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-032000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
115 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER LAKE MCCONAUGHY...

AT 1 PM MDT A COUPLE OF SMALL THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER LAKE
MCCONAUGHY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN
SIZE AND INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST.  GUSTY WINDS FROM
30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

CAMPERS AND BOATERS IN THE LAKE MCCONAUGHY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALSO
PRODUCING NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE.
RESIDENTS OF THE REGION AND MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION
SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED
TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR CURRENT UPHDATES ON THE WEATHER.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
NEZ002-032115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
217 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CHERRY COUNTY...

AS OF 313 PM CDT THERE WAS NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ANYWHERE OVER
CHERRY COUNTY.  THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED TO THE SOUTH OF CHERRY COUNTY
ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN NEBRASKA.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO
CHERRY COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CHERRY COUNTY.  RESIDENTS OF CHERRY COUNTY
SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REST
OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-032130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
345 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND
   WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 340 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TRYON OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.  THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IS LIKELY
PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONDG WITH WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MILES
AN HOUR.  RESIDENTS OF TRYON SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-032130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
403 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND
   WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 357 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TRYON MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IN THE COMMUNITY OF
TRYON.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY AND
TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY OF STAPLETON.  RESIDENTS OF STAPLETON SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
NEZ002-032230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
321 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 419 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM HAD FORMED OVER THE
EASTERN PART OF CHERRY COUNTY ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE.
IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM FORMATION
OVER MAINLY EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM CDT.  RESIDENTS OF
VALENTINE AND MUCH OF EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING.
EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-032345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
615 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...THOMAS
   ...LOGAN...LINCOLN...HAYES...FRONTIER...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW...

AT 605 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME INTENSE...EXTENDED
SOUTHWEST FROM ANSELMO ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO
NORTH PLATTE TO STRATTON ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.  THE
MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL WERE IN THE ANSELMO AREA AND
ALSO JUST EAST OF HAYES CENTER. THESE TWO THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE STORM IN THE ANSELMO AREA MOVING
ACROSS THE COMMUNITY OF ANSELMO.

MONSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt54 min
Jul 3, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier28 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.