Tornado Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

May 17, 1987, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 1987, 4:15 PM MDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
433 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
          ...EASTERN KEITH...WESTERN LINCOLN
 
AT 430 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HERSHEY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS WARNING
INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HERSHEY, PAXTON AND SUTHERLAND.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
315 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 1987

THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 300 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN NORTHEAST MCHPERSON
COUNTY AND EXTENDED IN A LINE TO THE EAST ALONG NORTH LOGAN COUNTY.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRYON NEBRASKA
OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.  ALL THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORM9S ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THIS FRONT AS IT MOVES SLOWLY TO THE
SOUTHEAST THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
MEYER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
245 PM MDT SUN MAY 17 1987

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 240 PM MDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA IN THE COUNTIES OF CHASE AND DUNDY.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS 13 MILES WEST OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA OR ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OGALLALA NEBRASKA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT HAIL...HEAVY
RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOOYN AND THIS
EVENING.

MEYER

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