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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS North Platte, NE

July 11, 1987Boyd County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1987, 2:14 AM CDT for Boyd County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 11, 1987, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1987, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Boyd 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 11, 2:20 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Boyd, 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

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1987-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1987-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
3304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 110714
SVROFK
NEC015-110745-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
214 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...EASTERN BOYD

AT 210 AM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHERN
HOLT COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASK ABUT 15 TO 20 MILES NORTH OF
O NEILL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR.

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 AREuA.

 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH
 CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 5 AM CDT.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS
 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HOLT COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM CDT
 VAN ALLEN 0714Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry52 min
Jul 10, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha68 min
Jul 10, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant57 min
Jul 10, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry57 min
Jul 10, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker21 min
Jul 10, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas46 min
Jul 11, 1:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Rock35 min
Jul 11, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt56 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.