Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1990, 9:36 PM MDT for Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1990, 9:36 PM MDT (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1990, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 69 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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 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
- 4170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 300336
SVRBFF
NEC069-300445-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
936 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
CENTRAL GARDEN
AT 935 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OSHKOSH NEBRASKA...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY
NEBRASKA IN WESTCENTRAL GARDEN COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS
CAN BwECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS.
GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PEEK/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 29, 7:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
NEZ011-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 707 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 703 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH 20 MILES SOUTH OF KIMBALL NEBRASKA...OR 20 MILES TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. THE STORM EXTENDS FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN KIMBALL AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KIMBALL AND WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM MDT. PLISCHKE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:08 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
NEZ011-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 707 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 703 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH 20 MILES SOUTH OF KIMBALL NEBRASKA...OR 20 MILES TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. THE STORM EXTENDS FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN KIMBALL AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KIMBALL AND WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM MDT. PLISCHKE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
WYZ017-300230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 750 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER EASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY... AT 745 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND IHEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IF YOU OBSERVE A THUNDERSTORM...REMAIN INDOORS. MENTZER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
NEZ011-300330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 805 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 800 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIMBALL NEBRASKA ...OR 20 MILES WEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF KIMBALL COUNTY AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHEYENNE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. A STORM IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING WAS LOCATED 30 MILES WEST OF KIMBALL AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WI)LL ENTER WESTERN KIMBALL COUNTY BETWEEN 830 PM AND 845 PM MDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM MDT. PLISCHKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 9:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 10:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.