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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE

June 22, 1995Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1995, 7:19 PM MDT for Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1995, 7:19 PM MDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Keith County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1995-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1794 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 1995-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
1794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
11.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KLBF 230119 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC101-230145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
719 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST KEITH

AT 715 PM MDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR AOUT 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OGALLALA AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF OGALLALA.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY
MOVE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.  RESIDENTS OF OGALLALA SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT!!

 MONSON 0118 Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith15 min
Jun 22, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins28 min
Jun 22, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln31 min
Jun 22, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith31 min
Jun 22, 8:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins31 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.