Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 3:33 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1990, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherry 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBFF 012133
SVRVTN
NEC031-012230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
333 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
WESTERN CHERRY
AT 330 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERRIMAN NEBRASKA
...OR 65 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA IN WEST CHERRY COUNTY
OF NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
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.
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.
ALSO...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR CHERRY
COUNTY.
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, Jun 1, 3:16 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
NEZ006-012210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 310 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 9 PM MDT. AT 310 PM MDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST GRANT COUNTY. THIS IS 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN, HAIL, GUSTY SURFACE WINDS, AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHNORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALLFIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 60 min |
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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.