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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS North Platte, NE

June 22, 1995Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1995, 8:44 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1995, 8:44 PM MDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1995, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Perkins County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 230246 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC135-230315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
944 PM CDT (844 PM MDT) THU JUN 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT (915 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...EAST CENTRAL PERKINS COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM MDT SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EAST
CENTRAL PREKINS COUNTY FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
ELSIE. ELSIE IS ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINS ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL.
 
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.
 
 
MONSON 0245Z

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, 7:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith26 min
Jun 22, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln31 min
Jun 22, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith31 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.