Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1990, 4:04 PM CDT for Madison County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1990, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1990, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 3627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 032104
SVROFK
NEC119-032200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
404 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
MADISON
AT 402 PM CDT NORFOLK RADAR INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK...OR JUST WEST OF PIERCE. THE
STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE
CITY OF NORFOLK.
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 QUICK!LY FLOOD
ROADWAYS...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.
MILLERWhat 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, Aug 3, 2:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-032045- WEATHER UPDATE AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 245 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 1990 AT 240 PM CDT...AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSCOE TO NEAR PAXTON OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ..GUSTY WINDS..AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO NEAR SARGENT IN CUSTER COUNTY WHICH IS 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE4 BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-032045- WEATHER UPDATE AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORECTION.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 245 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 1990 AT 240 PM CDT...AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSCOE TO NEAR PAXTON OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ..GUSTY WINDS..AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE TO NEAR SARGENT IN CUSTER COUNTY WHICH IS 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY6 ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 43 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.