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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS North Platte, NE

July 14, 1995Hayes County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 8:38 PM CDT for Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Hayes County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1396 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 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 150139 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC085-150215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
838 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN HAYES COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM CDT RADAR INDIACTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HAYES CENTER MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTIObN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
JWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase45 min
Jul 14, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase42 min
Jul 14, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase25 min
Jul 14, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase40 min
Jul 14, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup39 min
Jul 14, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.