Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1986, 8:03 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1986, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln 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 15 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
- 669 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 250119 COR SVRLBF NEC111-250200- ...CORRECTION... BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 803 PM CDT THU JUL 24 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...LINCOLN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF HERSHY..NORTHPLATTE ..MAXWELL BRADY AND SUTHERLAND. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT!! REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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. CARPER 0119Z
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 24, 7:42 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 640 PM MDT THU JUL 24 1986 ...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF OGALLALA ON NORTHEAST TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHPLATTE AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.. VERY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM MDT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. CARPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Red Willow | 33 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.