Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1996, 10:10 PM CDT for Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1996, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1996, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Keya Paha County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 020311 SVRLBF NEC103-020400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1010 PM CDT THU AUG 1 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...KEYA PAHA COUNTY AT 1010 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR 34 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF VALENTINE OR 19 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORDEN MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. DAMAGING HAIL AND/OR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR... NORDEN BY 1050 PM CDT 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. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND AS.K THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SP
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
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
NEZ004-022-056-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 815 PM CDT (715 PM MDT) THU AUG 1 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...AND INCLUDED SHERIDAN...GARDEN AND DEUEL COUNTIES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT). WOOD
Local storm report, Aug 1, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
907 PM CDT THU AUG 1 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM 22 NNW PAXTON NE 0.88 INCH HAIL
08/01/96 ARTHUR
WERTSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 9:12 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
NEZ004-005-022>025-035>038-057>059-069>071-020815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 912 PM CDT (812 PM MDT) THU AUG 1 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. CHERRY...GRANT...HOOKER...THOMAS... ARTHUR...MCPHERSON...LOGAN...KEITH...PERKINS...CHASE...HAYES... FRONTIER...LINCOLN AND CUSTER. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION OF NEBRASKA. BOWMAN
Local storm report, Aug 1, 9:18 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
918 PM CDT THU AUG 1 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM 7 E KEYSTONE NE 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/01/96 KEITH
WERTLocal storm report, Aug 1, 9:26 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
926 PM CDT THU AUG 1 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM 17 SSE SENECA NE 0.88 INCH HAIL
08/01/96 THOMAS
PARKERLocal storm report, Aug 1, 9:37 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
936 PM CDT THU AUG 1 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM 30 N PAXTON NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/01/96 MCPHERSON
ROBERGThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, McPherson | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Logan | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.