Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jul 31, 1986, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)

Expired

Jul 31, 1986, 6:30 PM MDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 312336
SVRLBF
NEC029-111-135-085-010030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
536 PM MDT THU JUL 31 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...EASTERN CHASE...SOUTHWEST LINCOLN...EASTERN 
 PERKINS AND HAYES

AT 528 PM MDT 3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY PERKINS COUNTY
SHERRIF.  SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF GRANT NEBRASKA IN PERKINS COUNTY.

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 2333Z

               Z

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
415 PM MDT THU JUL 31 1986

AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 415 PM MDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO CHASE COUNTY OF
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
IMPERIAL NEBRASKA MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THE THUNDERSTORM
WOULD BE ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.

AS THIS TVHUNDERSTORM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PEOPLE IN THE
VICINITY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HAIL..HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MEYER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
515 PM MDT THU JUL 31 1986

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

AT 515 PM MDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF CHASE..PERKINS
AND HAYES COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  ONE OF THE STRONGEST CELLS
WAS 7 MILES NORTH OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA AND A SECOND VERY STRONG CELL
WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKENS NEBRASKA IN LINCOLN COUNTY.  ALL THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PEOPLE IN THE
VICINITY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HAIL..HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MEYER

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.