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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Hastings, NE

July 8, 1987Buffalo County, Kearney County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1987, 9:19 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 min. 3 reports 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 8, 1987, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1987, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Kearney 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 9:32 PM CDTHail 1.75Buffalo, NE
Jul 8, 9:32 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Buffalo, NE
Jul 8, 9:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Kearney, 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1987-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1987-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall54 min
Jul 9, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore66 min
Jul 9, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork65 min
Jul 9, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York30 min
Jul 9, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.