Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1990, 6:36 PM CDT for Blaine County, Brown County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports 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 25, 1990, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blaine County, NE, Brown 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 25, 6:52 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Brown, NE | |
| Jun 25, 7:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Blaine, 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 252336
SVROFK
NEC009-017-260030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
636 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
BLAINE...SOUTHERN BROWN
AT 631 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTH OF AINSWORTH...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWSTER.
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 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.
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.
KLEFFMANWhat 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 25, 3:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-252130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 320 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 AT 315 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA IN THE PAST HOUR. THE LINE WAS 10 MILES WIDE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF SUTHERLAND NEBRAKSA ...WHICH IS 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG SURFACE WINDS. JER
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-252315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 515 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 AT 510 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...THE AREA STORMS WAS 20 MILES WIDE. THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN THE PAST HOUR. PAST HISTORY OF THESE STROMS WERE...AT 243 PM MDT...PAXTSON NEBRASKA WHICHz IS 31 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...REPORTED MARABLE SIZE HAIL. AT 358 PM CDT...HERSHEY AND SUTHERLAND NEBRASKA...WHICH IS 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...REPORTED LIGHT TO MODERATE THUNDERSHOWERS. JER
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-252315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 515 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 AT 510 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...THE AREA STORMS WAS 20 MILES WIDE. THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN THE PAST HOUR. PAST HISTORY OF THESE STROMS WERE...AT 243 PM MDT...PAXTON NEBRASKA WHICH IS 31 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...REPORTED MARABLE SIZE HAIL. AT 358 PM CDT...HERSHEY AND SUTHERLAND NEBRASKA...WHICH IS 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE...REPORTED LIGHT TO MODERATE THUNDERSHOWERS. JER
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.