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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS North Platte, NE

June 25, 1990Blaine County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1990, 7:04 PM CDT for Blaine County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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 25, 1990, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Blaine 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 7:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Blaine, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-287 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 260004
SVROFK
NEC009-017-115-149-260045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
704 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      BLAINE...BROWN...LOUP...ROCK

AT 7 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES EAST
OF AINSWORTH...NEAR LONG PINE AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50
MILES SOUTH OF AINSWORTH NEAR BREWSTER.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 652 PM CDT LONG PINE IN BROWN COUNTY REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA
 UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

 BOWMAN

What 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 43 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 48 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 41 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Loup, Rock41 min
Jun 25, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha, Rock53 min
Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster38 min
Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt35 min
Jun 25, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield21 min
Jun 25, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFWheeler46 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.