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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Hastings, NE

August 25, 1994York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 1994, 7:26 PM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 1994, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County York County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 254 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 1994-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 619 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 1994-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 260028
TORGRI
NEC185-260100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
726 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...YORK COUNTY
 
...PERSONS IN YORK COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...
 
AT 724 PM...A NEBRASKA STATE PATROL OFFICER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL
CLOUD 3 MILES SOUTH OF YORK AND RADAR ALSO HAS INDICATIONS OF A POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN THAT AREA.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL PASS TO THE
SOUTH OF YORK AND WILL ALSO MOVE TO THE SOUTH OF WACO BY 745 PM CDT.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO
SAVE YOUR LIVES.
 
 
BREWSTER
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, York27 min
Aug 25, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork34 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.