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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS North Platte, NE

September 5, 1995Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 1995, 7:04 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 1995, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 1995, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Perkins County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 1995-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3147 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 1995-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
3147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.4
Supercell composite
24.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 060105 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC135-060130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
804 PM CDT (704 PM MDT) TUE SEP 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT (730 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...CENTRAL PERKINS COUNTY
 
AT 7 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GRANT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. GRANT IS ABOUT 50 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKLEY
WITH THIS STORM. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH HAVE EARLIER BEEN REPORTED BY
THE PUBLIC 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.
 
JWS
 
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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.