Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1987, 10:30 AM CDT for Madison County, Stanton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 19, 1987, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1987, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, NE, Stanton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 10:31 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Madison, NE | |
| Aug 19, 10:40 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Stanton, NE | |
| Aug 19, 11:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Madison, 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 3585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 191530
SVROFK
NEC119-167-191615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1030 AM CDT WED AUG 19 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
...MADISON...STANTON
A SEVERE TUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORFOLK AREA.
WINDS GUSTED TO 66 MPH AT THE AIRPORT AT 1027.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone, Platte | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte | 17 min |
| Aug 19, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax, Cuming, Madison, Platte, Stanton | 50 min |
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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.