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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS North Platte, NE

June 1, 1990Lincoln County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 10:05 PM CDTHail 1.75Lincoln, NE
Jun 1, 10:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Lincoln, NE
Jun 1, 10:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 51Lincoln, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1876 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster25 min
Jun 1, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster45 min
Jun 1, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha29 min
Jun 1, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster28 min
Jun 1, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster32 min
Jun 1, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLoup31 min
Jun 1, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFPerkins28 min
Jun 1, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith54 min
Jun 1, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt42 min
Jun 1, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster63 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.