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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS North Platte, NE

June 27, 1995Arthur County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1995, 9:56 PM MDT for Arthur County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 9:56 PM MDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 10:30 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Arthur County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 1995-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1331 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 1995-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
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 
WUUS1 KLBF 280400 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC005-280430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1056 PM CDT (956 PM MDT) TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT (1030 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...ARTHUR COUNTY
 
AT 953 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ARTHUR MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ARTHUR IS ABOUT 50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
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 0358Z

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

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 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, 8:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 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, 8:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 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, 8:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 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, 9:45 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1045 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995

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

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

1025 PM    20 SW THEDFORD            NE   QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/27/95   THOMAS                         BY PUBLIC

WERT
Local storm report, Jun 27, 9:47 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1045 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995

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

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

1025 PM    20 SW THEDFORD            NE   QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED
06/27/95   THOMAS                         BY PUBLIC

WERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan45 min
Jun 27, 6:18 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFLogan27 min
Jun 27, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln36 min
Jun 27, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln50 min
Jun 27, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas41 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.