Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1987, 5:38 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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, 5:38 PM MDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1987, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherry 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, 6:02 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Cherry, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 KBFF 162338 SVRVTN NEC031-170030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 538 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...EASTERN CHERRY AT 630 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA IN EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY NEAR BROWNLEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PERSONS DRIVING IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR WATER OVER ROADS...IN UNDERPASSES AND NEAR SMALL STREAIMS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PFEIFFER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 25 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.