Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1990, 9:32 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1990, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1990, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Custer 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 3137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 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 KLBF 130232
SVRLBF
NEC041-130330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
932 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN CUSTER
AT 925 PM CDT RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST
CUSTER COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF CALLAWAY NEBRASKA...OR
35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 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 0231ZWhat 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 12, 6:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
NEZ006-012-130000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 610 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINDS SHIFTING SHARPLY FROM THE SOUTH TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR THIS EVENING FOR A PERIOD OF A COUPLE HOURS. BOATERS AND THOSE WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS ON LAKE MCCONAUGHY SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS BEFORE THESE STRONG WINDS hARRIVE. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE...ALONG WITH PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SJC
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:11 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
NEZ007-012-130245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 906 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER A SMALL PART OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF BRADY NEBRASKA. BRADY IS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...INCLUDING BROKEN BOW...BY AROUND 945 PM CDT. SJC
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:14 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
NEZ007-012-130245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 906 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 AT 900 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER A SMALL PART OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF BRADY NEBRASKA. BRADY IS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY...INCLUDING BROKEN BOW...BY AROUND 945 PM CDT. SJC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boone, Platte | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boone, Madison, Platte | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Madison, Stanton, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison, Platte, Stanton | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cuming, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Platte | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax, Cuming, Stanton | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.