Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1990, 2:01 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1990, 2:01 PM MDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1990, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garden County, NE
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:20 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Garden, NE |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 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 KBFF 132001
SVRBFF
NEC069-132100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
201 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
GARDEN
AT 200 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OSHKOSH NEBRASKA OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLIANCE NEBRASKA IN WEST
CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS
CAN BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS.
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.
KIRKWhat 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, May 13, 11:03 AM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
WYZALL-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1105 AM MDT SUN MAY 13 1990 ...A COOL WEATHER SYSTEM AFFECTING MUCH OF WYOMING FOR MOTHERS DAY... A VIGOROUS UPPER AIR WEATHER SYSTEM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN WYOMING LATE THIS MORNING. THE SYSTEM WAS BRINGING WET SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN WYOMING. LIGHT RAIN WAS COMMON AT LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH. UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN IN THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS OF WEST CENTRAL WYOMING AS OF 1100 AM MDT. TWO TO FOUR INCHES WAS NOTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF YELLOWSTONE PARK ABOVE THE 7000 FOOT LEVEL. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK LATE THIS MORNING...MOST OF THE SNOW WAS MELTING AND MOUNTAIN PASSES WERE BECOMING SLUSHY. AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUES ACROSS WYOMING TODAY...THE WET SNOW WILL END IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INy THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS WEST OF SHERIDAN HOWEVER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH NEW SNOWFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES. HATTEN
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:48 AM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
WYZ012-017-131830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1150 AM MDT SUN MAY 13 1990 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING NEAR HAWK SPRINGS WYOMING IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE AT 1145 AM MDT. THIS STORM WAS SOME 20 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN AND NEAR THE TOWN OF HAWK SPRINGS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SHORTLY AFTER NOON. OTHER...WEAKER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ABOUT THE REST OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 1145 AM. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HATTEN
Special weather statement, May 13, 12:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 1215 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 1210 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN BANNER COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THIS STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 1212 PM MDT A SPOTTER 12 MILES EAST OF LA GRANGE WYOMING OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA REPORTED ONE QUARTER INCH (PEA) HAIL COVERING THE GROUND COMPLETELY. THE RAIN HAD ENDED AND ESTIMATED THE WIND TO BE 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORMO AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN SCOTTS BLUFF AND BANNER COUNTIES IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 130 PM MDT. KIRK
Special weather statement, May 13, 1:01 PM MDT, 1 hour before
NEZ001-005-011-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 100 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 1990 ...A LONE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 100 PM MDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN MORRILL COUNTY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THIS STORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF BRIDGEPORT OR 20 SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM UNTIL 230 PM MDT AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS MORRILL COUNTY IN THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. KIRK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 38 min |
| May 13, 2:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Garden | 35 min |
| May 13, 3:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Morrill | 58 min |
| May 13, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 56 min |
| May 13, 3:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Garden | 32 min |
| May 13, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Deuel, Garden | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.