Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1987, 5:17 PM CDT for Lincoln 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
- Jun 16, 1987, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1987, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 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 16, 5:22 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 12:00Z, 10.3 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
- 858 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 162217 SVRLBF NEC111-162300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 517 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...LINCOLN AT 510 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT 457 PM CDT A REPORT OF HEVAY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLFLEET NEBRASKA. 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. MEYER 2216Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.