Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1990, 11:16 PM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1990, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuming County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Wayne 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 130416
SVROFK
NEC141-119-139-167-179-039-130515-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1116 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
NORTHERN PLATTE...MADISON...SOUTHERN PIERCE...STANTON...
SOUTHERN WAYNE...CUMING
AT 1110 CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES
WEST OF NORFOLK TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS TO 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AND ALSO 25 MILES EAST OF NORFOLK NEAR
WISNER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND
WILL EFFECT NEARLY EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.
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.
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. REMAIN
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. TAKE SHELTER
IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 1 AM
CDT.
BOWMANWhat 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, 5 hours 1 minute 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, 2 hours 5 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, 2 hours 2 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, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone | 44 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.