Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Aug 3, 1988, 2:41 PM MDT (20:41 UTC)

Expired

Aug 3, 1988, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Keith 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 - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
241 PM MDT WED AUG 3 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      CENTRAL AND EASTERN KEITH

AT 237 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST
OF OGALLALA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  OGALLALA
POLICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH 40 TO 60 MILE AN HOUR
WINDS 4 MILES EAST OF OGALLALA.  THIS WOULD BE ABOUT 40 MILES
WEST OF NORTH PLATTE.

IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT!!

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
135 AM CDT WED AUG 3 1988

...SERVER THUNDERSTORM WARMING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTILL 205 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 125 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SERVER THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF MERRITT
RESERVOIR MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

MERRITT RESERVOIR TRADING POST REPORTED RECEIVING 11/4 INCH HAIL
(GULFBALL SIZE) FROM 110 PM TO 125 PM CDT.

THIS S!TORM IS HEADING FOR THE VALENTINE AREA...PERSONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM AND RESIDENTS OF VALENTINE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW.

RODDA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
210 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARMING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRED AT 205 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 205 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE
OVER EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA HAD DECREASED IN
INTENSITY.  THERE IS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST CORNER OF
CHERRY COUNTY TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 25 MILE AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS STILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY ALART TO THE
CHANGING WEATHE`R CONDITIONS THAT COULD OCCURE.

RODDA

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.