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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS North Platte, NE

July 22, 1995Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 10:26 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1995, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
34 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 00:00Z, 3.4 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 803 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 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
803 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 230328 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC111-230400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1026 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 1020 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY 15 MILES NORTH OF SUTHERLAND OR 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 40 MPH. THE
STORM SHOULD PASS TO THE NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE. DAMAGING WINDS ARE
LIKELY 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.
 
POWER 0328Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant28 min
Jul 22, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur27 min
Jul 22, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln29 min
Jul 23, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith45 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.