Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1990, 12:12 AM CDT for Brown County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1990, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown 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, 5.2 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
- 1252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KOFK 240512
SVROFK
NEC017-240600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1212 AM CDT THU MAY 24 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
BROWN
AT 1210 AM CDT NORFOLK RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AINSWORTH. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT
25 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 LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS QUICKLY FLOOD
ROADWAYS...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 1 AM CDT.
MILLERWhat 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, May 23, 8:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
NEZ06-012-016-017-240350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 900 PM CDT WED MAY 23 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 1AM CST... NO THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA YET THIS EVENING. AS OF 9 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FROM THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AND FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO. AS THE EVENING CONTINUES...BE AWARE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND PLAN FOR A PATH TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. RN
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NEZ06-012-016-017-240550- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1030 PM CDT WED MAY 23 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 1AM CST... NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA YET THIS EVENING AS OF 1030 PM CDT A 5 MILE WIDE AREA OF OF THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN DUNDY COUNTY NEAR BENKELMAN NEBRASKA...ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OFt NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. A 5 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSHOWERS WERE NOTED IN NORTHWEST KEITH COUNTY NEBRASKA NEAR OGALLALA...ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE AREAS WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTERLY ABOUT 15 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Knox | 2 hr |
| May 24, 5:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Cedar | 3 hr |
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.