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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS North Platte, NE

July 19, 1995Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1995, 1:53 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1995, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
37 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, 6.9 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 1995-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 851 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 1995-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KLBF 191855
SVRLBF
NEC111-191930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
153 PM CDT WED JUL 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 145 PM CDT INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUTHERLAND...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF
NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MAY MOVE
THROUGH THE TOWN OF HERSHEY SHORTLY AFTER 200 PM CDT. LARGE HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...AND HEAVY RAAINS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM
AS IT MOVES THROUGH WESTERN 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.
 
WERT

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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.