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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS North Platte, NE

June 23, 1986Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1986, 4:12 PM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1986, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1986, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins 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, 10.2 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 1986-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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 1986-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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 KLBF 232212
SVRLBF
NEC101-135-232315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
412 PM MDT MON JUN 23 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN KEITH AND PERKINS

AT 403 MDT RADAR INNDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 SOUTHWEST
OF OGALLALA NEBRASKA MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BRULE..ROSCOE..GRANT..AND ELSIE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  REMEMBER...THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE
LOOKOUT!!

REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE CAN BE GIVEN TO A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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.

HORN 2211Z

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 23, 1:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
210 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986

...AT 210 PM CDT AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE
SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM MULLEN IN HOOKER COUNTY ABOUT
60 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE NE TO ANSELMO IN CUSTER COUNTY ABOUT 60
MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NE.

BRIEF GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR AS THE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHWARD AT ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
THEDFORD NEBRASKA..ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE.

NEWLAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 1:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.