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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS North Platte, NE

July 16, 1995Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 2:20 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 2:20 PM MDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
25 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 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 85 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 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 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 162020 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC029-162045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
320 PM CDT (220 PM MDT) SUN JUL 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT (245 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY
 
AT 315 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF  55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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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.