Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1987, 3:40 PM CDT for Pierce County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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 24, 1987, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1987, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pierce 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 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pierce, 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 3637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 242040 SVROFK NEC139-242115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE 340 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...PIERCE AT 335 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 25 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK IN PIERCE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN OSMOND AND PIERCE CAN EXPECT...HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED. THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...SO BE _ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 8 PM CDT. BOWMAN 2039Z
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 24, 1:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
110 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 1987
SELS MKC OMA A VTN
TIME
1225 PM CDT HAIL BASEBALL SIZED REPORTED 10 MILES NORTH OR NEZEL.
1245 PM CDT FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES NORTH OF KILGORE REPORTED TO
SHERIFF'S DEPT BY ROAD WORKER.
RODDASpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 122 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR LOGAN..THOMAS..AND CUSTER IN NEBRASKA... AT 115 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN THE COUNTIES OF LOGAN..THOMAS..AND CUSTER. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA IN CHERRY COUNTY ..MOVING EAST 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THESE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS HORN
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:05 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 204 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR LOGAN..THOMAS..AND CUSTER IN NEBRASKA... AT 200 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN THE COUNTIES OF LOGAN..THOMAS..AND CUSTER. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ACROSS THE BORDER IN SOUTH DAKOTA..OUT OF THE RANGE OF WSO NORTH PLATTES RADAR. PERSONS IN THESE WATCH AREGA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS HORN
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar, Knox | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Pierce, Wayne | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax, Cuming, Stanton | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone, Madison, Platte | 57 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.