Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 7:45 AM CDT for Colfax County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Colfax 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KOFK 081245
SVROFK
NEC037-081315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
745 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN COLFAX
AT 737 CDT THE NORFOLK RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE OVER SCHUYLER IN
SOUTHERN COLFAX COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR
TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF LINWOOD IN NORTHEAST BUTLER COUNTY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING
AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMeS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.
VAWhat 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 8, 4:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
NEZ013-016-017-081015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 415 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1990 AT 410 AM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CULBERTSON WHICH IS 53 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE AND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRATTEN WHICH IS 62 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTINING AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
NEZ013-016-017-081015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 415 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 410 AM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CULBERTSON WHICH IS 53 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE AND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRATTEN WHICH IS 62 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTINING AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
NEZ017-081115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 515 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 505 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM WELLFLEET WHICH IS 22 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANOLA WHICH IS 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. STRONG WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED AT MCCOOK AT 0445 AM CDT AND IMPERIAL AROUND 500 AM CDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE BAND WILL LIKEY PRODUCE SIMILAR CONDITIONS. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
NEZ017-081115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED LAST PARAGRAPH.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 515 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 505 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM WELLFLEET WHICH IS 22 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANOLA WHICH IS 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. STRONG WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED AT MCCOOK AT 0445 AM CDT AND INDIANOLA AROUND 500 AM CDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE BAND WILL LIKEY PRODUCE SIMILAR CONDITIONS. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
NEZ017-081230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 635 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 630 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVELOPED OVER FRONTIER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF CURTIS. CURTIS IS 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STRONG WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL WILL BE EXPERIENCED IN THE PATHES OF THESE STORMS. ABBAS
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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.