Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1987, 11:47 PM CDT for Stanton County, Wayne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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 6, 1987, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1987, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Stanton County, NE, Wayne 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 7, 12:02 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Wayne, 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOFK 070447 SVROFK NEC167-179-070530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 1147 PM CDT MON JUL 6 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...STANTON AND WAYNE AT 1140 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF NORFOLK. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 6 MILES SOUTH OF NORFOLK IN EASTERN MADISON COUNTY AT 1135 PM CDT. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS ALL OF STANTON AND WAYNE COUNTIES. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH...LARGE HAIL...KILLER LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT OF EASTERN KNOX AND ALL OF CEDAR COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 1215 AM CDT TUE. BOWMAN 0446Z
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
Local storm report, Jul 6, 7:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
745 PM CDT MON JUL 6 1987
SELS MKC OMA A VTN
TIME
620PM CDT PEA AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT MERRITT
RESERVOIR.
635PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AT WSO VALENTINE.
730PM CDT TORNADO DESTROYED A BARN ON THE BRUCE REYMAN RANCH
LOCATED 9 MILES WEST AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WOOD LAKE.
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RODDAThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar, Knox | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Platte | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith, Lincoln | 69 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.