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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS North Platte, NE

August 4, 1996Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1996, 6:13 PM MDT for Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 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
Aug 4, 1996, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1996, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherry County, NE, Hooker County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 4, 6:45 PM MDTHail 0.75Mullen, NE
Aug 4, 7:00 PM MDTHail 0.88Thedford, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1996-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3040 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 1996-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
3040 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 050013
SVRLBF
NEC031-091-050115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
713 PM CDT (613 PM MDT) SUN AUG 4 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT (715 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

   ...SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

   ...NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTY
 
AT 711 PM CDT (611 PM MDT)...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY
NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR 18 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...NEAR WHITMAN...
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

DAMAGING HAIL AND/OR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...
  MULLEN                       BY 643 PM MDT
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
YOU SHOULD MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSShIBLE.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

JWS

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, Aug 4, 4:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
503 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 1996

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

1205 AM    30 W MERRIMAN             NE   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/04/96   CHERRY

1205 AM    30 W MERRIMAN             NE   WIND DAMAGE
08/04/96   CHERRY                         POWERLINES DOWN

1230 AM    31 SSW GORDON             NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/04/96   SHERIDAN

0135 AM    HYANNIS                   NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/04/96   GRANT

0150 AM    4 NE WHITMAN              NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/04/96   GRANT

0150 AM    4 NE MERRIMAN             NE   WIND DAMAGE
08/04/96   CHERRY                         SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWN

0230 AM    MULLEN                    NE   60 MPH WIND GUST
08/04/96   HOOKER

0300 AM    17 N THEDFORD             NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/04/96   CHERRY

0315 AM    THEDFORD                  NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/04/96   THOMAS

M. MUTCHLER
Local storm report, Aug 4, 5:51 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
650 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 1996

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

0400 AM    15 S AINSWORTH            NE   WIND DAMAGE
08/04/96   BROWN                          TREES DOWN 12  INCHES IN
                                          DIAMETER

0410 AM    4 SW ROSE                 NE   WIND DAMAGE
08/04/96   ROCK                           NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN 3 TO
                                          4 INCHES IN DIAMETER

RLB
Local storm report, Aug 4, 5:57 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
656 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 1996

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

0631< PM    23 NNE OSHKOSH            NE   1.50 INCH HAIL
08/04/96   GARDEN

RLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
Aug 4, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant31 min
Aug 4, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas47 min
Aug 4, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown59 min
Aug 4, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Keith57 min
Aug 4, 8:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln59 min
Aug 4, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock63 min
Aug 4, 9:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase60 min
Aug 4, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt34 min
Aug 4, 9:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster64 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.