Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1988, 5:44 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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 13, 1988, 5:44 PM MDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1988, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sheridan 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 13, 5:45 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Sheridan, 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
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1215 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 700 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 1210 PM. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO FORMING JUST SOUTH OF WYOMING...ALONG THE FRONT RANGE IN NORTHERN COLORADO. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN SOUTH&EAST WYOMING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH YOUR AREA. HATTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:05 PM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 105 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE COUNTIES OF SIOUX... SCOTTS BLUFF...BANNER AND KIMBALL OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. AT 100 PM MDT ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WERE IN THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT RANGES OF COLORADO AND WYOMING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS TODAY. STAY TO TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH YOUR AREA. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:44 PM MDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 243 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE COUNTIES OF SIOUX... SCOTTS BLUFF...BANNER AND KIMBALL OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. AT 240 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ON THE WYOMING STATE LINE 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARRISON NEBRASKA OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHADRON NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SIOUX COUNTY MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SM&ALL HAIL THROUGH 4 PM MDT THIS AFTN AS THE STORMS BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 322 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE COUNTIES OF SIOUX... SCOTTS BLUFF...BANNER AND KIMBALL OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. AT 318 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. A GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN NORTHERN SIOUX COUNTY AROUND HARRISON NEBRASKA. A LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIMBALL NEBRASKA UP TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA. SIOUX COUNTY AND THE WESTERN PARTS OF SCOTTOS BLUFF...BANNER AND KIMBALL COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL THROUGH 430 PM MDT AS THESE STORMS MOVE IN TO THE PANHANDLE. ELSON
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
330 PM MDT MON JUN 13 1988
TIME EVENT/LOCATION
1155 AM MDT ONE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT CENTENNIAL IN
ALBANY COUNTY.
105 PM MDT ONE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH
AT LARAMIE IN ALBANY COUNTY.
105 PM MDT ONE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT BUFORD IN LARAMIE
COUNTY.
107 PM MDT ONE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT SYBILLE RESEARCH
STATION IN PLATTE COUNTY.
140 PM MDT THREE EIGHTHS INCH DIAMETER HAIL ON SUMMIT ON
INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE.
200 PM MDT FUNNEL CLOUD 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE.
205 PM MDT ONE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT WARREN AFB.
208 PM MDT TORNADO ON GROUND 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHUGWATER IN
PLATTE COUNTY. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
210 PM MDT ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN WESTERN CHEYENNE AND
AT WSFO CHEYENNE.
212 PM MDT TORNADO ON GROUND ON PLATTE AND LARAMIE COUNTY
BORDERS NEARG INTERSTATE 25.
215 PM MDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT WSFO CHEYENNE.
220 PM MDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT MIDWEST IN NATRONA COUNTY.
230 PM MDT ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AT WHEATLAND.
235 PM MDT ONE HAL INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
AT CHUGWATER.
240 PM MDT ONE HALF INCH TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL SEVEN MILES
MILES SOUTH OF CHUGWATER.
250 PM MDT MISSILE SITE BETWEEN CHUGWATER AND HAWK SPRINGS
REOORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND WUIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
250 PM MDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERWD THE GROUND 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HAWK SPRINGS IN GOSHEN COUNTY.
WEILANDSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 5:15 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 68 min |
| Jun 13, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes, Sioux | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Sheridan | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 12:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Albany, Laramie, Platte | 68 min |
| Jun 13, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie, Platte | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 2:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie, Platte | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen | 56 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.