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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS North Platte, NE

August 21, 1995Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 1995, 6:50 PM MDT for Hooker County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 1995, 6:50 PM MDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hooker County, NE, McPherson County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 1995-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4031 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 1995-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4031 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.4
Supercell composite
40.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 220052
SVRLBF
NEC091-117-220145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
750 PM CDT (650 PM MDT) MON AUG 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT (745 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN HOOKER COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MULLEN OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. THIS STORM WAS
DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
MC PHERSON COUNTY. LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
AT THIS TIME NO COMMUNITIES ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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.