Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1990, 4:17 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1990, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1990, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 396 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 KLBF 032124 COR
SVRLBF
NEC111-032200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
417 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 SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST LINCOLN
AT 412 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE
MOVING SOUTH-SOTUHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY
OF NORTH PLATTE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT!!
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
DINDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.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, Aug 3, 2:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 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 29 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, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison | 56 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.