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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1986, 9:32 PM CDT for Madison County, Nebraska. It was in force for 58 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 15, 1986, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1986, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Madison, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOFK 160234 COR SVROFK NEC119-160330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 932 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN MADISON AT 925 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT NORFOLK SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AT ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT IT SHOULD REACH MADISON BY 945 PM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH...LARGE HAIL...KILLER LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
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, 4 hours 17 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, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 56 min |
| 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.