Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1990, 7:58 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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 28, 1990, 7:58 PM MDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1990, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cheyenne 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 28, 8:10 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Cheyenne, 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 290158
SVRBFF
NEC033-290230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE
758 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
WESTERN CHEYENNE
AT 757 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA IN WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY. THE
STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER AND WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
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.
GIVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO T HE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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 28, 5:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
WYZ016-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 535 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 1990 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 530 PM... THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF LARAMIE... RIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF ROCK RIVER. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WERE REPORTED IN ROCK RIVER AT 530 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL BE THREATENING THE TOWN OF BOSLER SOME 20 MILES NORTH OF LARAMIE BY ABOUT 6 PM. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. GO TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES THROUGH YOUR AREA. < DASELER
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NEZ005-011-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 544 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 540 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GURLEY AND 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY...NEAR LISCO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. AT 515 PM MDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER IN LISCO REPORTED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL FROM THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LISCO. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH NEBRASKA PAANHANDLE UNTIL 700 PM MDT. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:58 PM MDT, 2 hours before
WYZ012-017-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 557 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE PARTS OF PLATTE AND LARAMIE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AT 555 PM... THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF CHEYENNE. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHEATLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN LARAMIE AND PLATTE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. GO TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS THROUGH YOUR AREA. DASELER
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 6:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NEZ005-290230- SCOTTSBLUFF AND VICINITY FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 630 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 1990 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY...CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSHOWERS. HIGH 75 TO 80. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THE LOW IN THE MID 50S. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCbENT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH 75 TO 80. PEEK
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 6:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WYZ017-290045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 620 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WERE MOVING THROUGH THE CHEYENNE AREA AT 615 PM... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES WAS REPORTED AT THE AIR FORCE BASE ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHEYENNE AT 615 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING. THE STORM PRODUCING THE RAIN AND HAIL WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF CHEYENNE SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES BY. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR. SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY IN THE CITY. DASELER
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:11 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
NEZ005-011-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SCOTTSBLUFF NE 712 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... AT 709 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA TO THE CITY OF SIDNEY...AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LISCO NEBRASKA. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CHEYENNE COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN GARDEN COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT. PEEK
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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.