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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE

July 14, 1995Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 10:41 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 19 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 10:41 PM MDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 11:00 PM MDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:43 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 
WUUS1 KLBF 150442 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC029-150500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1141 PM CDT (1041 PM MDT) FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT (1100 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY
 
AT 1035 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON RADAR 3 MILES WEST
OF IMPERIAL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND
SHOULD PASS JUST TO THE WEST OF IMPERIAL. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION 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, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase45 min
Jul 14, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase42 min
Jul 14, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase25 min
Jul 14, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes22 min
Jul 14, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase40 min
Jul 14, 9:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup39 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.