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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS North Platte, NE

July 3, 1993Loup County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1993, 5:56 PM CDT for Loup County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1993, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 1993-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1993-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 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 
WUUS1 KOFK 032259 RRA
SVROFK
NEC115-149-040000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
556 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...LOUP COUNTY...SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
BREWSTER OR 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONEILL. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BLAINE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
 
MML

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 3, 2:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-032000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
115 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER LAKE MCCONAUGHY...

AT 1 PM MDT A COUPLE OF SMALL THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER LAKE
MCCONAUGHY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN
SIZE AND INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST.  GUSTY WINDS FROM
30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

CAMPERS AND BOATERS IN THE LAKE MCCONAUGHY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALSO
PRODUCING NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE.
RESIDENTS OF THE REGION AND MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION
SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED
TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR CURRENT UPHDATES ON THE WEATHER.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
NEZ002-032115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
217 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CHERRY COUNTY...

AS OF 313 PM CDT THERE WAS NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ANYWHERE OVER
CHERRY COUNTY.  THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED TO THE SOUTH OF CHERRY COUNTY
ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF MULLEN NEBRASKA.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO
CHERRY COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CHERRY COUNTY.  RESIDENTS OF CHERRY COUNTY
SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REST
OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
EMANUEL
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-032130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
345 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND
   WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 340 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TRYON OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE.  THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IS LIKELY
PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONDG WITH WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MILES
AN HOUR.  RESIDENTS OF TRYON SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
NEZ006-007-012-016-017-032130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
403 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND
   WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 357 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TRYON MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IN THE COMMUNITY OF
TRYON.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY AND
TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY OF STAPLETON.  RESIDENTS OF STAPLETON SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

MONSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NEZ002-032230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
321 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 1993

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CHERRY COUNTY...

AT 419 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM HAD FORMED OVER THE
EASTERN PART OF CHERRY COUNTY ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE.
IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM FORMATION
OVER MAINLY EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM CDT.  RESIDENTS OF
VALENTINE AND MUCH OF EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING.
EMANUEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKnox28 min
Jul 3, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur33 min
Jul 3, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan32 min
Jul 3, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes34 min
Jul 3, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln40 min
Jul 3, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine63 min
Jul 3, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster35 min
Jul 3, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln39 min
Jul 3, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Red Willow40 min
Jul 3, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHitchcock, Red Willow33 min

Nearby

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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.