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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS North Platte, NE

August 3, 1995Arthur County, Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1995, 7:21 PM MDT for Arthur County, Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1995, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1995, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Arthur County, NE, Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 1995-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1827 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 1995-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KLBF 040121 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC005-069-101-040215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
721 PM MDT THU AUG 3 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHWEST ARTHUR...

   IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
      SOUTHEAST GARDEN...

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEBRASKA
      NORTHWEST KEITH...

AT 715 PM MDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGALLALA.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS.  MOVE INDOOR IF POSSIBLE.  WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

 JWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel37 min
Aug 3, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden30 min
Aug 3, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith28 min
Aug 3, 8:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant39 min
Aug 4, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan30 min
Aug 4, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan43 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.