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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS North Platte, NE

August 3, 1995Grant County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1995, 8:21 PM MDT for Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1995, 8:21 PM MDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1995, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Grant County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 040225 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC075-040300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
921 PM CDT (821 PM MDT) THU AUG 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...EASTERN GRANT COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH
OF HYANNIAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
FAUCETTE 0224

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, 7:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Garden, Keith54 min
Aug 4, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan30 min
Aug 4, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan43 min

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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.