Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1986, 8:06 PM CDT for Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1986, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rock 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOFK 110106 SVROFK NEC115-149-071-110215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 806 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHERN LOUP...SOUTHERN ROCK AND GARFIELD AT 800PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY 10 MILES NORTH OF BURWELL BY 830 PM CDT. 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. THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAIN-S IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
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, Jul 10, 4:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 340 PM MDT THU JUL 10 1986 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT 335 PM MDT THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF IMPERIAL IN CHASE COUNTY OF SOUTHWST NEBRASKA OR ABOUT 58 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY CONTAIN SMALLG HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 632 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 630 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF BRULE IN KEITH COUNTY OR ABOUT 48 MILES EAST OF SIDNEY AND 4 MILES NORTH OF VENANGO IN PERKINS COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH WINDS 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:07 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 705 PM CDT THU JUL 10 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 705 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF KEITH..PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTIES. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF PAXTON IN KEITH COUNTY OR 32 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MONSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Loup | 69 min |
| Jul 10, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Wheeler | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 56 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.