Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1988, 12:45 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1988, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1988, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Antelope County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Knox County, NE, Pierce 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 3630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 170545
SVROFK
NEC003-107-139-027-170645-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1245 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
ANTELOPE...KNOX...PIERCE...CEDAR
AT 1350 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 55 MILES
NORTH WEST OF NORFOLK.. MOVING THOUGH KNOX AND ANTELOPE COUNTIES.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING
AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS QUICKLY FLOOD
ROADWAYS...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.
SMITHWhat 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, Jul 16, 9:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 950 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY AND NORTHERN HOOKER COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 945 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL NERBASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF WHITMAN OR 57 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY AND ANOTHER 15 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN OR 43 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE IN SOUTHERN CHERRY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOME OF WHICH EARLIER THIS EVENING PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FROM THESE TWO THUNDERSTORMS AS OF NOW BUT GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1130 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS GRANT COUNTY AND NORTHERN HOOKER COUNTY AND NORTHERN THOMAS COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 1130 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL NERBASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS ASHBY AND HYANNIS OR 45 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THWDFORD IN NORTHERN THOMAS COUNTY OR 51 MILE NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HETZKE MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 12:31 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1230 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS GRANT COUNTY AND ARTHUR COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 1230 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL NERBASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WERE NEAR ARTHUR IN ARTHUR COUNTY OR 52 MILES WEST NORTH WEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO SOUTH OF HYANNIS IN GRANT COUNTY OR 46 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HETZKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 68 min |
| Jul 16, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.