Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1993, 7:34 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1993, 7:34 PM MDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1993, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherry County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
734 PM MDT MON JUL 12 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
WESTERN CHERRY
AT 733 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 75 MILES
WEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING BY TAKING COVER. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS
CAN BECOME DANGEROUS FLYING DEBRIS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR CHERRY COUNTY
UNTIL 11 PM MDT.
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H. ALL HGTS AGL TOPS. CAVU.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, Jul 12, 5:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-130020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 525 PM MDT MON JUL 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM MDT OR MIDNIGHT CDT... NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM MDT OR MIDNIGHT CDT. COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTAL INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE OGALLALA.. NORTH PLATTE..IMPERIAL..MCCOOK AND BROKEN BOW. AT 522 PM MDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL TO 5 MILES WEST OF HAIGLER OR 80 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 95 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ006-012-016-017-130020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FIRST PARAGRAPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 525 PM MDT MON JUL 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM MDT OR MIDNIGHT CDT... NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM MDT OR MIDNIGHT CDT. COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE OGALLALA..NORTH PLATTE..IMPERIAL..MCCOOK AND BROKEN BOW. AT 522 PM MDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL TO 5 MILES WEST OF HAIGLER OR 80 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 95 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-130020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 600 PM MDT MON JUL 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM MDT OR MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 555 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL TO 5 MILES WEST OF BENKELMAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTOM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IMPERIAL AND BENKELMAN ARE 60 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:37 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-130135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 635 PM MDT MON JUL 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM MDT OR MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 632 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL TO SOUTH OF BENKELMAN IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A FEW OR THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO ARTHUR AND GRANT COUNTIES AROUND 730 PM MDT. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY FORM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO..TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:31 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 832 PM CDT MON JUL 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM MDT OR MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 830 PM CDT...ONLY A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LIGHT SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF PALISADE AND STRATTON WHICH ARE 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST AND 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. OTHER LIGHT SHOWERS WERE LOCATED TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR WHICH IS 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY DEVELOP. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. < ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 8:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 1:13 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Madison | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 1:13 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boone | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 6:42 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Boyd, Knox | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.