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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS North Platte, NE

July 3, 1995Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 5:36 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 504 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 032238 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC111-032330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
536 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTH OF WELLFLEET OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST LESS THAN 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTY.
 
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 2237 Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase28 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.