Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1990, 7:22 PM MDT for Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 7, 1990, 7:22 PM MDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1990, 8:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garden County, NE, Sheridan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:14 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Sheridan, 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 080122
SVRBFF
NEC161-069-080230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
722 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN SHERIDAN...NORTHERN GARDEN
AT 720 PM MDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN
SOUTHERN SHERIDAN AND NORTHERN GARDEN COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST THROUGH
15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLIANCE NEBRASKA AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
THE TOWN OF LAKESIDE...23 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE HAD 3/4 INCH HAIL.
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 REINFORC_ED
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, Jul 7, 4:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 404 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 400 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST WERE LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA IN WESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY AND 10 MILES NORTH OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA IN NORTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ATg 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 530 PM MDT. PLISCHKE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
NEZ002-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 625 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 620 CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST WERE LOCATED 45 MILES AND 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS OVER CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT. PLISCHKE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 532 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 525 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST WERE LOCATED 40 MILES AND 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA IN SHERIDAN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 700 PM MDT. PLISCHKE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:52 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 650 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 645 PM MDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLIANCE IN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLIANCE IN NORTHERN GARDEN AND SOUTHERN )SHERIDAN COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 830 PM MDT. PLISCHKE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:59 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
NEZ002-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE 758 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA... AT 755 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS IN CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...AND 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALE7NTINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS OVER CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT. PLISCHKE
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.