Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 19, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 1986, 7:57 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 18 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
- Jul 11, 1986, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1986, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:19 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Lincoln, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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
- 963 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 120057 TORLBF NEC111-120115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 757 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...CENTRAL LINCOLN AT 748 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER 5 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE..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. THIS TORNADO WILL HIT NORT@H PLATTE. TAKE COVER!" REPORTS OF TORNADOS OR TORNADO DAMAGE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MONSON 120056Z
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, Jul 11, 3:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 312 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 1986 AT 310 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN A LINE FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO DICKENS IN SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN PEA TO MARBLzE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH PLATTE AREA BY 330 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 420 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 420 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF NORTH PLATTE MOVING TO THE EAST. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY OF NORTH PLATTE PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY CIVIL DEFENSE WHILE AT THE AIRPORT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTED TO 0.25 OF AN INCH. OTHER WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS LOGAN..THOMAS AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 513 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 513 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA WERE DECREASING HOWEVER ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN CUSTER COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF BROKEN BOW OR 44 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN ARNOLD AS IT PASSED THROUGH ALONG WITH 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES OF MERNA.. ANSELMO AND BROKEN BOW AS THE THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH THESE COMMUNITIES BY 530 PM CDT. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 613 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 613 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ARTHUR COUNTY ABOUT 62 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THEDFORD IN THOMAS COUNTY ABOUT 51 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND HAVE BEEN INTENSIFYING. SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYWOOD IN FRONTIER COUNTY ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE MOVING TO THE EAST. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:12 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 715 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS OF ARTHUR COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 712 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST CUSTER COUNTY ABOUT 46 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED WITH IN THE PAST HOUR..THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HORN
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 14 min |
| Jul 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 63 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.