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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS North Platte, NE

June 25, 1990Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1990, 10:14 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1990, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1990, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Wheeler 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 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 260314
SVROFK
NEC071-183-260400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1014 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      EASTERN GARFIELD...WHEELER

AT 1010 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 75 MILES
WEST OF NORFOLK TO 10 MILES EAST OF BURWELL.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 1000 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES NORTH OF
BURWELL IN GARFIELD COUNTY.

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, 5:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 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 51 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, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine41 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

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.