Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 13, 1990Garden County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 2:20 PM MDTTornado F0Garden, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1990-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1990-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

KIRK

What 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 1:22 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSMorrill38 min
May 13, 2:25 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSGarden35 min
May 13, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSCheyenne, Morrill58 min
May 13, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGarden56 min
May 13, 3:58 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSGarden32 min
May 13, 4:24 PM MDTTornado WarningCYSDeuel, Garden36 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.