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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS North Platte, NE

August 21, 1995Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 1995, 5:48 PM MDT for Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 1995, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 1995, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Hooker County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1995-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 431 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 1995-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 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
431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-336 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 212349
SVRLBF
NEC091-220045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
648 PM CDT (548 PM MDT) MON AUG 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT (645 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...EASTERN HOOKER COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM MDT RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULLEN OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORTH
PLATTE. THIS STORM IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND IS LIKELY
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. NO
COMMUNITIES ARE IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS STORM AS IT CONTINUES TO
DRIFT OVER THE RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN HOOKER 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.
 
 
MONSON 2349Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Thomas29 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.