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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

August 7, 1988York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1988, 8:12 PM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 1988, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1988, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County York County, NE

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1988-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1988-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 080112
SVRGRI
NEC185-080145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
812 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      EASTERN YORK

AT 805 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK
NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MMPH
A 8 PM CDT 80 MPH WINDS WERE RPORTED IN MC COOL JUNCTION

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
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 WEATHER SERVICE.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.