Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1990, 3:58 AM CDT for Colfax County, Nebraska. It was in force for 17 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1990, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1990, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 3536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 210858
SVROFK
NEC037-210915-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
358 AM CDT THU JUN 21 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
EXTREME SOUTHERN COLFAX
AT 350 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST
OF COLUMBUS MOVING EAST TOWARD SCHUYLER.
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.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS QUICKLY FLOOD
ROADWAYS...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.
SMITHWhat 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 20, 10:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
NEZ017-210430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1030 PM CDT WED JUN 20 1990 AT 1025 PM CDT A INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN FRONTIER COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF STOCKVILLE WHICH IS 38 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS, AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EASQT SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER IF NEEDED. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
NEZ006-017-210515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1010 PM MDT WED JUN 20 1990 AT 1005 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM THAT IS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST GARDEN COUNTY AND NORTHWEST ARTHUR COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASK. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR WHICH IS 52 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STOCKVILLE WHICH IS 38 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
NEZ006-017-210515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1010 PM MDT WED JUN 20 1990 AT 1005 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM THAT IS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST GRANT COUNTY AND NORTHWEST ARTHUR COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASK. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR WHICH IS 52 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN FRONTIER COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STOCKVILLE WHICH IS 38 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, McPherson | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 57 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.