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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS North Platte, NE

May 15, 1996Arthur County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1996, 7:34 PM MDT for Arthur County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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
May 15, 1996, 7:34 PM MDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1996, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Arthur County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 7:40 PM 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, 1.6 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 1996-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3202 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
3202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 160135
SVRLBF
NEC005-160215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
834 PM CDT (734 PM MDT) WED MAY 15 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT (815 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...NORTHERN ARTHUR COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF OGALLALA. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
BOWMAN

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, May 15, 6:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
725 PM CDT WED MAY 15 1996

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

705( PM     4 MILES N OF OGALLALA     NE   DIME SIZED HAIL
05/15/96   KIETH

BIEKER
Local storm report, May 15, 6:52 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
752 PM CDT WED MAY 15 1996

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

074h5 PM    11E OF DUNNING            NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/15/96   BLAINE

MUTCHLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith34 min
May 15, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine17 min
May 15, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine48 min
May 15, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson, Thomas55 min
May 15, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan64 min
May 15, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown47 min
May 15, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson, Thomas64 min
May 15, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant, Hooker59 min
May 15, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock59 min
May 15, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan64 min
May 15, 7:51 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFHooker, McPherson, Thomas3 hr
May 15, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson59 min
May 15, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker31 min
May 15, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden59 min
May 15, 8:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry65 min
May 15, 9:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson60 min
May 15, 9:06 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFGarden39 min
May 15, 9:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant65 min
May 15, 9:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry64 min
May 15, 10:03 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFGrant27 min
May 15, 10:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker62 min
May 15, 10:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Grant66 min
May 15, 10:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.