Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 10, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 1988, 4:25 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1988, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1988, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 2040 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 KLBF 032125 RRA
TORLBF
NEC111-032215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
425 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
WESTERN LINCOLN
AT 422 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY PERSONNEL OF THE PUBLIC
POWER PLANT NEAR SUTHERLAND MOVING NORTHEAST. THIS WOULD BE ABOUT
20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF
SUTHERLAND.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND 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. 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...TAKE
COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT...
MONSON 2124ZWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Aug 3, 1:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes 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, Aug 3, 2:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:10 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE 405 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARMING FOR EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA HAS BEEN CANCELED...HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AT 450 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT ALL OF CHERRY COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN CHERRY COUNTY SHOULD STAY ALART TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT COULD OCCURE. RODDA
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 69 min |
| Aug 3, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 65 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.