Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1988, 9:42 PM CDT for Hayes County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1988, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1988, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1556 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 150242
TORLBF
NEC085-087-150315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
942 PM CDT THU JUL 14 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN HAYES...NORTHERN HITCHCOCK
AT 935 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PALISADE FIRE CHIEF
JUST NORTHWEST OF PALISADE ABOUT 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
MCCOOK IN SOUTH HAYES COUNTY MOVING EAST.
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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.What 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, Jul 14, 5:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 541 PM CDT THU JUL 14 1988 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST PORTION OF NEBRASKA... AT 538 PM CDT AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER HITCHCOCK AND HAYES COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER HAYES CENTER WHICH IS 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA. AT THIS TIME THE STORM HAS LITTLE MOVEMENT TO IT. THIS AREA OF STORMS COULD PRODUCES LOCAL HEAV%Y RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS ...AND SMALL HAIL. HORN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
700 PM CDT THU JUL 14 1988
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST PORTION OF NEBRASKA...
AT 653 PM CDT MCCOOK POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL
AT PALISADE NEBRASKA IN HAYES COUNTY...WHICH IS 25 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST
OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA...ALSO REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS.
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORMS MAY PRODUCES LOCAL HEAVY R{AINFALL...STRONG WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL.
HORNSpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 7:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 700 PM CDT THU JUL 14 1988 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST PORTION OF NEBRASKA... AT 653 PM CDT MCCOOK POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AT PALISADE NEBRASKA IN HAYES COUNTY...WHICH IS 25 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA...ALSO REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS. STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCES LOCAL HEAV|Y RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL. HORN
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Dundy, Hayes | 115 min |
| Jul 14, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 115 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.