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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS North Platte, NE

July 1, 1994Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 2:48 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1994, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1994, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
27 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 12:00Z, 8.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1994-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2518 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 12:00Z on 1994-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
2518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KVTN 012050 RRA
SVRVTN
NEC031-012115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALENTINE NE
ISSUED BY SCOTTSBLUFF NE
248 PM MDT (348 PM CDT) FRI JUL 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM MDT (415 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...CHERRY COUNTY
 
AT 245 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 50 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
 
RENZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCedar, Knox55 min
Jul 1, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMadison, Platte41 min
Jul 1, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFColfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton46 min
Jul 1, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuming46 min
Jul 1, 3:38 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFHooker52 min
Jul 1, 3:43 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFThomas32 min
Jul 1, 3:52 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFLogan, McPherson53 min
Jul 1, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFAntelope, Garfield, Holt, Knox, Wheeler49 min
Jul 1, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster68 min
Jul 1, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMadison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne60 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.