Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1990, 10:31 PM CDT for Boone County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1990, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1990, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 3586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 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 130331
SVROFK
NEC011-141-119-167-130415-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1031 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
BOONE...PLATTE...MADISON...STANTON
AT 1030 PM CDT RADAR AT NORFOLK INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF NORFOLK TO 35 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING
AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDGE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
MILLERWhat 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, 4 hours 16 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, 1 hour 20 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, 1 hour 17 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, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 58 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, 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.