Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 9:53 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 67 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 1, 1990, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 10:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lincoln, NE | |
| Jun 1, 10:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Lincoln, NE | |
| Jun 1, 10:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Lincoln, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 1876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBF 020253
SVRLBF
NEC111-020400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
953 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
LINCOLN
AT 950 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS WOULD INCLUDE SUTHERLAND...DICKENS...WLLFLEET...
NORTH PLATTE...AND BRADY NEBRASKA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT!!
SJC 0251Z
What 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, 4:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 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
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 715 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 700 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF BRADY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN BRADY AND NEAR MAXWELL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY NORTH THROUGH EASTERN THOMAS COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Loup | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 63 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.