Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Jul 9, 1987, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)

Expired

Jul 9, 1987, 7:15 PM MDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
712 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...LINCOLN...DUNDY AND HITCHCOCK

AT 605 PM MDT OR 705 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF
BENKELMAN NEBRASKA AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF NORTH
PLATTE NEBRASKA.  BOTH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  REMEMBER...THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON
THE LOOKOUT!!

REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...DEADLY LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA QUICKLY.

 GOLF BALL SIZE ZHAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTH PLATTE AND ALSO IN
 BENKELMAN.

MEYER 0011Z

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
455 PM CDT THU JUL 09 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND
MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT...OR 10 PM MDT.

AT 450 PM CDT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ON THE NEBRASKA-
COLORADO BORDER WEST OF GRANT...IMPERIAL AND BENKLEMAN.

AS YET...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BUT THE WATCH
CONTINUES...

BRITTON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
5PM MDT THU JUL 09 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND
MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM CDT...OR 10 PM MDT.

AT 450 PM MDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS
JUST NORTHWEST OF OGALLALA NEBRASKA AND NEAR VENANGO NEBRASKA
WHICH IS 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS OUR REGION DURING NEXT FEW HOURS.

CARPER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
605 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1987

AT 555 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIP SOUTH DAKOTA TO JUST
NORTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGERIOUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST CHERRY
COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 730 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
RODDA

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

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.