Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1986, 7:28 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1986, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1986, 8:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Custer County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 160028 RRA SVRLBF NEC041-160124- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 728 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 824 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN CUSTER AT 724 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OCONTO NEBRASKA OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF OCONTO. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNINGk. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.. LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA QUICKLY. MONSON 0027Z
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 15, 5:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 515 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1986 A SMALL BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARNOLD NEBRASKA IN CUSTER COUNTY AT 510 PM CDT. THIS WOULD BE ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN EXPECT SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL..AND GUSTY WIND. MEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison | 58 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.