Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1990, 7:16 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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 15, 1990, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lincoln, 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, 0.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2620 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLBF 160016
SVRLBF
NEC111-160115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
716 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LINCOLN
AT 810 PM CDT RADAR INDIACATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST
OF SUTHERLAND NEBRASKA IN WESATERN LINCOLN COUNTY MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN SUTHERLAND, HERSHEY
AND WALLACE TAKE COVER. REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN
THE WALLACE AREA AT 709 PM CDT.
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!!
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
HETZKE 0016ZThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hitchcock | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Red Willow | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 67 min |
| Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Colfax, Cuming, Platte, Stanton | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Madison, Pierce, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Colfax, Cuming, Platte, Stanton | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Madison, Pierce, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cedar, Knox | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Knox | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Knox | 30 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.