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Tornado Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE

June 27, 1995Logan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1995, 7:18 PM CDT for Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 1995-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1331 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 1995-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
1331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 280022 RRA
TORLBF
NEC113-280045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
718 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY
 
AT 720 PM CDT THE LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH
OF STAPLETON MOVING TO THE SSE AT 25 MPH.  BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO
REPORTED.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
POWER 0021Z
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan45 min
Jun 27, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln36 min
Jun 27, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln50 min
Jun 27, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas41 min
Jun 27, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur34 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.