Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 15, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1986, 9:26 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1986, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1986, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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, 2.4 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
- 2243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 220226 TORLBF NEC041-220250- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 926 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 950 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA...CENTRAL CUSTER AT 920 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALLAWAY NEBRASKA MOVING EAST. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...YOU SHOULD GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. REPORTS OF TORNADOS OR TORNADO DAMAGE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MEYER 0226Z
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 21, 6:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 755 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 THUNDERSTROMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR NEBRASKA IN ARTHUR COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT SOME HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR THE TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 755 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 THUNDERSTROMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. AT 755 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF ARTHUR NEBRASKA IN ARTHUR COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT SOME HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 73 min |
| Jun 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hooker | 73 min |
| Jun 21, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 24 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986
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.