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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS North Platte, NE

June 6, 1986Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1986, 3:36 PM MDT for Keith 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 6, 1986, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1986, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Keith County, NE

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 3:40 PM MDTHail 1.25Keith, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1986-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 156 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1986-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 062136
SVRLBF
NEC101-062245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
336 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...KEITH

AT 330 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF OGALLALA MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED
EARLIER FROM THIS CELL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..
LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER..DEADLY LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA QUICKLY.

MONSON 2135Z

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Keith46 min
Jun 6, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln68 min
Jun 6, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.