Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS North Platte, NE

July 28, 1996Arthur County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1996, 12:02 AM MDT for Arthur County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 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 28, 1996, 12:02 AM MDT (06:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1996, 1:05 AM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Arthur County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 12:25 AM MDTHail 0.75Arthur, 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 1996-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 663 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 1996-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
663 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 10:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan53 min
Jul 28, 12:12 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson53 min
Jul 28, 12:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson48 min
Jul 28, 12:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel63 min
Jul 28, 12:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith61 min
Jul 28, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry47 min
Jul 28, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan61 min
Jul 28, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine65 min
Jul 28, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.