Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1990, 6:25 PM MDT for Dawes County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 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 16, 1990, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1990, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dawes 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 16, 7:30 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | 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
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 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 170025
SVRBFF
NEC045-161-170130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
625 PM MDT MON JUL 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
DAWES...WESTERN SHERIDAN...THE CITY OF CHADRON
AT 622 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH
OF CHADRON NEBRASKA MOVING EAST AT 25 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.
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.
WIRTHWhat 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 16, 12:52 PM MDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
WYZ005-006-011-012-014<017-162030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1251 PM MDT MON JUL 16 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING... AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST OF A SHERIDAN TO ROCKS SPRINGS LINE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING. CASPER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AROUND 1230 PM. WIDELY SCATTERD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EAST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS. LAUZE
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
WYZ012-016-017-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 250 PM MDT MON JUL 16 1990 AT 240 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OBSERVED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WERE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING... ESPECIALLY IN LARAMIE AND PLATTE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMMS...A FEW QUITE STRONG WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EVENING. SCOTT
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
WYZ012-017-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 410 PM MDT MON JUL 16 1990 INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON. AT 405 PM MDT...FT LARAMIE...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORRINGTON...REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...MARBLE SIZED DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE INTENSE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF LINGLE AND TORRINGTON BY 445 PM MDT. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER BURNS...23 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE...ALBIN...41 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE AND NEAR LA GRANGE...29 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON. EACH OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF A STORM APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER AS LIGHTNING FROM THE STOTMS CAN BE DEADLY. WEILAND
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 450 PM MDT MON JUL 16 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENTERED THE WEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 445 PM MDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARRISBURG NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE STORMS MAINTAIN THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT...THEY SHOULD PASS BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF HARRISBURG AND KIMBALL NEBRASKA BY 600 PM MDT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN BANNER AND NORTHERN KIMBALL COUNTIES OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 600 PM dMDT. WIRTH
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 508 PM MDT MON JUL 16 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHWEST NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 500 PM MDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST TO 35 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA...AND 50 MILES WEST OF CHADRON NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BRtIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SIOUX AND NORTHERN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTIES OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 600 PM MDT. WIRTH
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:45 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
NEZ001-005-011-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 545 PM MDT MON JUL 16 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 540 PM MDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE 30 MILES WEST OF CHADRON NEBRASKA NEAR THE TOADSTOOL PARK...AND OVER THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE 35 MILES WEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA OR NEAR THE TOWN OF KIMBALL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SIOUX AND DAWES COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND EASTERN KIMBALL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 800 PM MDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. WIRTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 41 min |
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.