Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1991, 7:36 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 69 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 1, 1991, 7:36 AM CDT (12:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1991, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:15 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lincoln, 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 12:00Z, 0.6 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
- 2738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 1, 6:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
NEZ016-011230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 525 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 52O AM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IN NORTHERN KANSAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BENKELMAN...OR 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. WINDS TO 75 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE GOODLAND KANSAS AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN DUNDY AND WESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES AS IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM SHOULD BE IN THE BENKELMxAN AREA AROUND 545 AM MDT. WALAWENDER
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NEZ016-011230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 525 AM MDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... AT 52O AM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IN NORTHERN KANSAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BENKELMAN...OR 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. WINDS TO 75 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE GOODLAND KANSAS AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN DUNDY AND WESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES AS IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM SHOULD BE IN THE BENKELMAN AREA AROUND 545 AM MDT. WALAWENDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Holt, Knox | 58 min |
| May 31, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Knox, Pierce | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.