Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1999, 9:05 PM CDT for Fillmore County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1999, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1999, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fillmore County, NE, York County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Lushton, NE |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
378 WFUS1 KGRI 100209 TORGRI NEC059-185-100230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 905 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN... EXTREME NORTHERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF YORK...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCOOL JUNCTION...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LUSHTON AT 930 PM PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHERN FILLMORE AND SOUTHERN YORK COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. $$ LAT...LON 4067 9778 4068 9755 4096 9753 4095 9782 09
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.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDT, 6 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 210 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1999 ...THREAT OF SEVERE WX FIRST ORDER OF CONCERN FOLLOWED BY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER SC KS SLOW TO EXIT EASTERN FA. BANDS OF CU AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS HOWEVER ARE INCREASING ACROSS CENT NEBR INTO NW KS VIA VIS SAT. THIS MAY PREVENT TEMPS FROM REACHING CONVECTIVE THRESHOLDS...BUT MORE IMPORTANT IS THE INABILITY OF SFC DWPTS TO REBOUND. 18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS DWPTS IN THE LOWER 60S ACROSS FA WHILE EASTERN NEBR AND KS ARE WELL INTO THE 60S TO LOWER 70S. 15Z RUC SHOWS LLVL MOISTURE INCREASING WITH 65 DEWPTS FCST ACROSS EASTERN 2/3 CWA BY MID AFTN WHICH MAY BE PUSHING IT. 18Z SFC ANALYSIS AND KLNX 88-D DEPICT COLD FRONT FROM JUST EAST OF KANW TO NEAR KLBF. STILL UNSURE WERE INITIAL CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP...BUT AM LEANING EAST OF FA AREA ATTM. EXPECT SOME REFL RETURNS ON RADAR NEAR EASTERN FA BY ZONE ISSUANCE AND WILL WAIT TIL LAST MINUTE FOR UPDATES/WATCH HEADLINES THAT MAY BE NEEDED BEFORE FINAL PRODUCT IS SENT. SFC BASED CAPES SHOULD APPROACH 2500-3000 J/KG LATE THIS AFTN ACRS EASTERN CWA...BUT WEAK SPEED SHEAR COULD SUSPEND LIQUID WATER IN UPDRAFT AND ADD ADDITIONAL LATENT HEAT UPON FREEZING THUS INCREASING CAPE EVEN FURTHER. VERY TO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ATMOS IS PROGGED WITH LIFTED FCST BETWEEN -8 TO -11. BRN AND BRN SHEAR VALUES SUGGEST A COMBINATION OF SUPERCELL AND MULTICELL DEVELOPMENT. MORE LIKELY SUPERCELL...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...EARLY WITH A TRANSITION TO MULTICELL...THEN A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX SETTING UP OVERNIGHT. DIFFLUENT THKNS PATTERN EAST OF FA AND STRONG UPPER AIR DIVERGENCE SHOULD SUPPORT ONGOING TRAINING CELLS TONIGHT LEADING TO LOCAL HEAVY RAINS AND URBAN FLOODING. CLOUDS AND WET CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY SHOULD SUPPRESS MOST STORMS FROM BECOMING SEVERE...BUT A FEW SHOULD BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CWA NEAR FRONT. WILL RIDE CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN FCST...WITH MENTION OF A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE TONIGHT. THURSDAY DAY POPS 40-50%. AVN HANGS UP FRONT ON FRIDAY... ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE A TAD FAR NORTH...BUT WILL KEEP CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN FCST FOR FRIDAY AS WELL. WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR FROM GUID EXCEPT TO TACK ON A DEGREE OR TWO TO OVERNIGHT LOWS DUE TO THICK CLOUD CANOPY. IN THE EXTENDED...THE UKMET/MRF/NOGAPS ALL AGREE IN BREAKING DOWN EASTERN U.S. RIDGE WITH INFLUENCE OF NORTHERN PLAINS WAVE. A TRANSITION TO A WESTERN RIDGE PATTERN AND NORTHWEST FLOW OVER CENTRAL PLAINS LOOK LIKELY ATTM. WILL GO DRY SAT/SUN/MON WITH LOWS IN THE 60S AND HIGHS IN THE 80S. .GID...NONE PURDY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
723 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0714 PM BRADSHAW NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/09/99 YORK
LEWLocal storm report, Jun 9, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
723 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0714 PM BRADSHAW NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/09/99 YORK
LEWLocal storm report, Jun 9, 8:18 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
818 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0813 PM YORK NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/99 YORK 2W YORK I-80 INTERCHANGE
LEWLocal storm report, Jun 9, 8:18 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
818 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0813 PM YORK NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/99 YORK 2W YORK I-80 INTERCHANGE
LEWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore, York | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | York | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Hamilton | 2 hr |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.