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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS North Platte, NE

June 27, 1995Thomas County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1995, 9:49 PM CDT for Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 1995, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Thomas County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 280253 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC171-280330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
949 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THEDFORD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL
IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE OPEN RANGELAND OF
SOUTHWEST THOMAS COUNTY. THEDFORD IS ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
NORTH PLATTE.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
MONSON 0252 Z

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
425 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995

...DELAYED STORM REPORTS FROM THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF JUNE 22 ,1995...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

500 PM     GORDON                    NE   HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   SHERIDAN                       BY CIVIL DEFENSE

530 PM     HYANNIS                   NE   DIME-QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   GRANT                          BY CIVIL DEFENSE

550 PM     6NW CODY                  NE   MARBLE AND DIME SIZED HAIL
06/22/95   CHERRY                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

618 PM     2E HYANNIS                NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   GRANT                          CIVIL DEFENSE

629 PM     LEWELLEN                  NE   2 INCH SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   GARDEN                         BY COUNTY DEPUTY

639 PM     1E 11/2N LEWELLEN         NE   11/2 TO 21/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   GARDEN                         BY COUNTY DEPUTY

640 PM     16S MULLEN                NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   HOOKER                         PUBLIC

700 PM     NEAR ARTHUR               NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   ARTHUR                         PUBLIC

700 PM     WHITMAN                   NE   WALNUT SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   GRANT                          PUBLIC

730 PM     3W KEYSTONE               NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   KEITH                          PUBLIC

815 PM     5E 2S GRANT               NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   PERKINS                        PUBLIC

830 PM     5S OGALLALA               NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   KEITH                          BY PUBLIC

950 PM     111/2N ELSIE              NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   PERKINS                        BY PUBLIC

FS

Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:26 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
425 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995

...DELAYED STORM REPORTS FROM THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF JUNE 22 ,1995...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

500 PM     GORDON                    NE   HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   SHERIDAN                       BY CIVIL DEFENSE

530 PM     HYANNIS                   NE   DIME-QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   GRANT                          BY CIVIL DEFENSE

550 PM     6NW CODY                  NE   MARBLE AND DIME SIZED HAIL
06/22/95   CHERRY                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

618 PM     2E HYANNIS                NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   GRANT                          CIVIL DEFENSE

629 PM     LEWELLEN                  NE   2 INCH SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   GARDEN                         BY COUNTY DEPUTY

639 PM     1E 11/2N LEWELLEN         NE   11/2 TO 21/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   GARDEN                         BY COUNTY DEPUTY

640 PM     16S MULLEN                NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   HOOKER                         PUBLIC

700 PM     NEAR ARTHUR               NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   ARTHUR                         PUBLIC

700 PM     WHITMAN                   NE   WALNUT SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   GRANT                          PUBLIC

730 PM     3W KEYSTONE               NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   KEITH                          PUBLIC

815 PM     5E 2S GRANT               NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/22/95   PERKINS                        PUBLIC

830 PM     5S OGALLALA               NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   KEITH                          BY PUBLIC

950 PM     111/2N ELSIE              NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/22/95   PERKINS                        BY PUBLIC

FS

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:02 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

NEZ059-280305-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
902 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WAS
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  THE STORM HAD MOVED EAST OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
POWER

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:05 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

NEZ059-280305-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
902 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WAS
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  THE STORMr HAD MOVED EAST OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
POWER

Local storm report, Jun 27, 9:27 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
930 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995

...STORM REPORTS FROM THE EVENING OF JUNE 27TH 1995...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630 PM     2 SW THEDFORD             NE   NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/27/95   THOMAS                         PUBLIC

700 PM     17N AND 2W STAPLETON      NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/27/95   LOGAN                          PUBLIC

715 PM     10-15 N STAPLETON         NE   TORNADO ON THE GROUND ALONG
06/27/95   LOGAN                          WITH BASEBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          TORNADO DISSIPATED BY 720 PM
                                          WELL NORTH OF STAPLETON
>
734 PM     DOWNTOWN STAPLETON        NE   3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
06/27/95   LOGAN                          FIRE DEPARTMENT

745 PM     21 NE NORTH PLATTE        NE   GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/27/95   LINCOLN                        BY PUBLIC ON LINCOLN/LOGAN
                                          COUNTY LINE

857 PM     1 NE BRADY                NE   QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/27/95   LINCOLN                        BY PUBLIC

WERT

Local storm report, Jun 27, 9:30 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
930 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995

...STORM REPORTS FROM THE EVENING OF JUNE 27TH 1995...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630 PM     2 SW THEDFORD             NE   NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/27/95   THOMAS                         PUBLIC

700 PM     17N AND 2W STAPLETON      NE   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
06/27/95   LOGAN                          PUBLIC

715 PM     10-15 N STAPLETON         NE   TORNADO ON THE GROUND ALONG
06/27/95   LOGAN                          WITH BASEBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          TORNADO DISSIPATED BY 720 PM
                                          WELL NORTH OF STAPLETON
>
734 PM     DOWNTOWN STAPLETON        NE   3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
06/27/95   LOGAN                          FIRE DEPARTMENT

745 PM     21 NE NORTH PLATTE        NE   GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/27/95   LINCOLN                        BY PUBLIC ON LINCOLN/LOGAN
                                          COUNTY LINE

857 PM     1 NE BRADY                NE   QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/27/95   LINCOLN                        BY PUBLIC

WERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan	45 min
Jun 27, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Logan	27 min
Jun 27, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	36 min
Jun 27, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	50 min
Jun 27, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur	34 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.