Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE

May 12, 1995Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1995, 10:09 PM MDT for Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1995, 10:09 PM MDT (04:09 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1995, 10:45 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 267 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 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 130412
SVRLBF
NEC029-085-130445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1109 PM CDT (1009 PM MDT) FRI MAY 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT (1045 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...EASTERN CHASE COUNTY...WESTERN HAYES COUNTY
 
AT 1105 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF IMPERIAL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN CHASE AND WESTERN
HAYES COUNTIES.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
FAUCETTE

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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.