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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE

March 10, 1990Pierce County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1990, 12:52 PM CST for Pierce County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 1990, 12:52 PM CST (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 1990, 1:20 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Pierce 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1990-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1990-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 101852
SVROFK
NEC139-101930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1252 PM CST SAT MAR 10 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      PIERCE

AT 1250 PM CST NORFOLK RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WHICH WAS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NORFOLK...MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING
AREA.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITT>LE
OR NO WARNING.

 MILLER

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.