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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS North Platte, NE

June 29, 1986Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1986, 4:21 PM CDT for Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 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 29, 1986, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1986, 5:20 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Holt County, NE, Rock 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 29, 5:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Holt, 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 1986-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1397 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 1986-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-247 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 292121
SVROFK
NEC149-089-292220-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
421 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 520 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...ROCK AND HOLT

AT 420 PM CDT AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ROCK AND HOLT COUNTIES.  THE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

 REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 75 MPH...LARGE HAIL...KILLER LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS
THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.

 THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox23 min
Jun 28, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCedar, Knox32 min
Jun 29, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry54 min
Jun 29, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha26 min
Jun 29, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Keya Paha56 min
Jun 29, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock50 min
Jun 29, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCedar43 min
Jun 29, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Knox52 min
Jun 29, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Wheeler52 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.