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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS North Platte, NE

June 6, 1995McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 8:28 PM CDT for McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County McPherson County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1689 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 1995-06-07The 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
1689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 070130 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC117-070200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
828 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 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 WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...NORTHERN MCPHERSON COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF TRYON MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. TRYON IS
ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED 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.
 
 
FS 0129Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur29 min
Jun 6, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur28 min
Jun 6, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson47 min
Jun 6, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson42 min
Jun 7, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster32 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.