Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS North Platte, NE

July 1, 1996Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1996, 7:45 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1996, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 8:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Sutherland, NE

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 1996-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 519 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1996-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 020046
SVRLBF
NEC111-020115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
745 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF NORTH
PLATTE BETWEEN SUTHERLAND AND HERSHEY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 740 PM CDT AT MILEMARKER 152 ON
INTERSTATE 80. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH OPEN COUNTRY IN
SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY.
 
 
IF YOU AR(E OUTSIDE...GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  YOU CAN EXPECT
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
MICHELS
 
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:39 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
739 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0624 PM    18 W NORTH PLATTE         NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/01/96   LINCOLN

DAUGHERTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.