Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1987, 7:25 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 28, 1987, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1987, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | 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, 0.4 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
- 1685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBF 290025
SVRLBF
NEC111-290115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
725 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
...EASTERN LINCOLN
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY.
HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED IN
NORTH PLATTE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING.3..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.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 28, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 520 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 545 PM CDT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 515 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE THUNDERSHOWER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE WHILE ANOTHER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE IN SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN CURRENTLY BEING REPORTED. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. MONSON WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED SOUTH FROM NORTH PLATTE ACROSS CENTRAL FRONT^IER COUNTY TO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK IN RED WILLOW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 545 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 545 PM CDT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 545 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE INTENSIFING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE THUNDERSHOWER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 SOUTH OF TYRON OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN NORTHCENTRAL NE. IT WAS MOVING TO EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BETWEEN SUTHERLAND AND PASXTON NE IN EXTREME WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 20 WEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. THOSE THUNDERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. NEWLAND MONSON WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED SzOUTH FROM NORTH PLATTE ACROSS CENTRAL FRONTIER COUNTY TO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK IN RED WILLOW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 555 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 545 PM CDT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 545 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE INTENSIFING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE THUNDERSHOWER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 SOUTH OF TYRON OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN NORTHCENTRAL NE. IT WAS MOVING TO EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BETWEEN SUTHERLAND AND PAXTON NE IN EXTREME WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 20 WEST OF NORTH PLATTE IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. NEWLAND MONSON WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED SOUTH FROM NORTH PLATTE ACROSS CENTRAL FRONTIER COUNTY TO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK IN RED WILLOW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 615 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 545 PM CDT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 615 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AND MAY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH WINDS AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS KEITH AND PERKINS COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. ONE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAXTON ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE AND ANOTHER ENTERING NORTHWEST PERKINS COUNTY ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST PERKINS COUNTY HAS BEEN INTENSIFYING AND BEARS CLOSE WATCHING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MONSON MONSON WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED SOUTH FROM NORTH PLATTE ACROSS CENTRAL FRONTIER COUNTY TO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK IN RED WILLOW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MONSON
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.