Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1996, 11:49 PM CDT for Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports 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 26, 1996, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1996, 12:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rock County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 12:30 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Rose, NE | |
| Jul 27, 12:30 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Rose, 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 270452 SVRLBF NEC149-270525- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1149 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1225 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY AT 1150 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AINSWORTH OR 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BASSETT MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 16 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS. 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 POSSIBLE. M. MUTCHLER
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 26, 7:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
738 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM 9 W WHITECLAY NE 1.50 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 SHERIDAN
0615 PM 8 N RUSHVILLE NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 SHERIDAN
0705 PM 10 S RUSHVILLE NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 SHERIDAN
WERTLocal storm report, Jul 26, 11:21 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1119 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM 10 S RUSHVILLE NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 SHERIDAN
0745 PM 14 NW SPRINGVIEW NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 KEYA PAHA
0800 PM 6 S BINGHAM NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 GARDEN
0800 PM 6 S BINGHAM NE WIND DAMAGE
07/26/96 GARDEN SEVERAL 4 TO 6 INCH TREE
LIMBS DOWN
0830 PM 17 SW HYANNIS NE WIND DAMAGE
07/26/96 GRANT SEVERAL LARGE TREE
BRANCHES DOWN
0830 PM 10 NW ARTHUR NE 2.00 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 ARTHUR
0908 PM 6 E DUNNING NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 BLAINE
0915 xPM BREWSTER NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 BLAINE
0917 PM 4 E BREWSTER NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 BLAINE
1023 PM 10 N BURWELL NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/26/96 GARFIELD
M. MUTCHLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Loup | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Loup | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 64 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.