Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1987, 7:52 PM CDT for McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1987, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1987, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County McPherson 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 1847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBF 280052
SVRLBF
NEC117-280200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
752 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
...NORTHERN MCPHERSON
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TRYON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS INCLUDES THE
COMMUNITY OF TRYON.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN. ..
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.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, Jun 27, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 635 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 530 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF ASHBY JUST ENTERING NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS WOULD BE ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE AREA OF ASHBY AND HYANNIS OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER KEITH COUNTY NORTH OF KEYSTONE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 635 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 530 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF ASHBY JUST ENTERING NORTHWEST GRANT COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS WOULD BE ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE AREA OF ASHBY AND HYANNIS OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER KEITH COUNTY NORTH OF KEYSTONE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:15 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 715 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 710 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN IN HOOKER COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY OF MULLEN BY 745 PM CDT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS ARTHUR COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:17 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 715 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THIS SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 710 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN IN HOOKER COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY OF MULLEN BY 745 PM CDT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS ARTHUR COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:46 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 745 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THIS SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 745 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN HOOKER COUNTY NEAR MULLEN NEBRASKA. THIS THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVWR ARTHU AND MCPHERSON COUNTY NEAR ARTHUR NEBRASKA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WIND AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. HETZKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 67 min |
| Jun 28, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.