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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS North Platte, NE

June 23, 1993Keya Paha County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1993, 6:06 PM CDT for Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1993, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Keya Paha County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1993-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1993-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-300 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NEZ002-232230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
328 PM MDT WED JUN 23 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

AT 325 PM MDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES WEST OF
VALENTINE TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...OR FROM MERRIMAN TO 35
MILES SOUTH OF MERRIMAN NEBRASKA IN WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN
NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DANGERIOUS LIGHTING ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS OVER WESTERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM MDT.
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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-232215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
353 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT OR 11 PM CDT
   FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 350 PM MDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  HOWEVER..EXTREMELY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN GRANT COUNTY FROM THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE BETWEEN 4 AND 415 PM MDT.

PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA..ESPECIALLY THOSE
IN GRANT COUNTY...SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANTS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.
ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-232215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED DATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
353 PM MDT WED JUN 23 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT OR 11 PM CDT
   FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 350 PM MDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITHIN SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  HOWEVER..EXTREMELY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN GRANT COUNTY FROM THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE BETWEEN 4 AND 415 PM MDT.

PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA..ESPECIALLY THOSE
IN GRANT COUNTY...SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

REMEM`BER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.
ABBAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:21 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-232315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
418 PM MDT WED JUN 23 1993

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL
   NEBRASKA...

AT 416 PM MDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
5 TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHBY OR 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NORTH PLATTE.  PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS OCCURRED WITH
THESE STORMS.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT FOR
ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  PERSONS IN THE
REGION SHOULD STAY TUNED TO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant27 min
Jun 23, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, McPherson40 min

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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.