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Tornado Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

July 8, 1993Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1993, 6:20 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1993, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 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
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-395 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
479 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 082321
TORLBF
NEC111-082345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
620 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF WALLACE OR
28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR. WALLACE AND DICKENS ARE 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, Jul 8, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
415 PM MDT THU JUL 8 1993

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SOON MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 414 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VENANGO AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  THIS IS ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF NORTH PLATTE.  THIS STORM COULD CAUSE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS IT
MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTH PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTY B|ETWEEN 415 AND 615
MDT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

RC
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 hour before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR MDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
415 PM MDT THU JUL 8 1993

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SOON MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 414 PM MDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VENANGO AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  THIS IS ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF NORTH PLATTE.  THIS STORM COULD CAUSE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS IT
MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTH PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTY BETWEEN 415 AND 615
MDT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

RC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFStanton43 min
Jul 8, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins37 min
Jul 8, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuming31 min
Jul 8, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup40 min
Jul 8, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln44 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.