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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Hastings, NE

September 3, 1994Kearney County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1994, 11:16 PM CDT for Kearney County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 min.

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Issued
Sep 3, 1994, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 1994, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 1994-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2081 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 00:00Z on 1994-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
2081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
9.8

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