Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1990, 6:46 AM MDT for Dawes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 16, 1990, 6:46 AM MDT (12:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1990, 7:25 AM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:47 AM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Dawes, 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
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 161246
SVRBFF
NEC045-161345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
646 AM MDT SAT JUN 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
DAWES...THE CITY OF CHADRON
AT 645 AM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTH OF CHADRON NEBRASKA IN DAWES COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE OVER OR VERY NEAR THE CITY OF
CHADRON BETWEEN 700 AM AND 715 AM MDT.
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.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT...INTERIOR HALLWAY...
OR A ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IS THE SAFEST @PLACE IN MOST BUILDINGS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
PLISCHKEWhat 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, Jun 16, 5:30 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
WYZALL-161230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 530 AM MDT SAT JUN 16 1990 ...EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS WYOMING... AT 515 AM MDT LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED THAT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN WYOMING. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR WRIGHT ...OR ABOUT 37 MILES SOUTH OF GILLETTE. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF RAWLINS. THESE EARLY MORNING STORMS WERE BEING CAUSED BY THE INTERACTION OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST WYOMING WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR. STORMS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONGER DURING THE DAY AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. ALSO... REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. TRY TO REMAIN INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVER YOUR AREA. MENTZER
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:04 AM MDT, 42 minutes before
NEZ001-161330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 603 AM MDT SAT JUN 16 1990 ...EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 600 AM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTH HALF OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLIANCE NEBRASKA...JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF MARSLAND...IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF BOX BUTTE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS BOX BUTTE...DAWES AND SIOUX COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 730 AM MDT. PLISCHKE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:40 AM MDT, 6 minutes before
NEZ001-161400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 639 AM MDT SAT JUN 16 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING THROUGH THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 635 AM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH THROUGH 20 MILES WEST OF CHADRON NEBRASKA IN DAWES COUNTY AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISON NEBRASKA...OR 50 MILES WEST OF CHADRON IN 7SIOUX COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS DAWES AND SIOUX COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 AM MDT. PLISCHKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 5:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 5:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Dawes | 32 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.