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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS North Platte, NE

July 3, 1995Boyd County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 11:21 PM CDT for Boyd County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Boyd County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1633 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
1633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOFK 040423 RRA
SVROFK
NEC015-040500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK NE
1121 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...WESTERN BOYD COUNTY
 
AT 1120 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
NAPER OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONEILL. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH. THE TOWN OF BUTTE IS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM AND RESIDENTS
SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL 4 AM CDT.
 
LOHMANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier19 min
Jul 3, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster50 min
Jul 3, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.