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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1990, 9:40 PM CDT for Garfield County, Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1990, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KOFK 260240
SVROFK
NEC071-089-260315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
940 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
GARFIELD...SOUTHERN HOLT
AT 935 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF O NEILL...OR 25 MILES NORTH OF BURWELL. THE STORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS.
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 THEz LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
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 25, 5:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 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, 4 hours 17 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Loup, Rock | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 21 min |
| Jun 25, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 46 min |
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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.