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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Hastings, NE

July 3, 1995Buffalo County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 9:29 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Buffalo County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 040230 RRA
SVRGRI
NEC019-040300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
929 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY
 
PERSONS IN ELM CREEK...ODESSA...AMHERST AND RIVERDALE CAN EXPECT LARGE
HAIL THROUGH 10 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF KEARNEY
NEAR ELM CREEK. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  TAKE COVER
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER FOR
PROTECTION FROM DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
 
DROZD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo40 min
Jul 3, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard, Sherman58 min
Jul 3, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan69 min
Jul 3, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Sherman48 min
Jul 3, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley55 min
Jul 3, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper37 min
Jul 3, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney, Phelps30 min
Jul 3, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Nuckolls, Webster41 min
Jul 3, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls25 min
Jul 3, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Thayer36 min
Jul 4, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.