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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS North Platte, NE

June 14, 1991Platte County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1991, 12:03 AM CDT for Platte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1991, 12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1991, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Platte County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1991-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1980 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1991-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
1980 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 140506 COR
SVROFK
NEC141-140545-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED LAST PARAGRAPH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1203 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      PLATTE

AT 1158 PM CDT NORFOLK RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
25 MILES WESTNORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LINDSAY.  THE STORM LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND IS MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS IN PLATTE COUNTY.
BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS QUICKLY FLOOD
ROADWAYS...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.

 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATC7H IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST
 NEBRASKA UNTIL 3 AM CDT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
 FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

 MILLER

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 13, 9:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NEZ006-140350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
850 PM MDT THU JUN 13 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ARTHUR AND GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM
   MDT...

AT 845 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HYANNIS...OR 70 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS GRANT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT
HOUR.  PERSONS IN HYANNIS AND WHITMAN CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER.

WALAWENDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPlatte64 min
Jun 14, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPierce58 min
Jun 14, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCedar, Wayne27 min
Jun 14, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCedar, Pierce, Wayne57 min
Jun 14, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCedar, Madison, Pierce, Wayne78 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.