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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS North Platte, NE

September 2, 1996Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1996, 4:30 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 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
Sep 2, 1996, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1996, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Cherry County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 2, 5:15 PM MDTHail 0.75Merriman, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1206 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 12:00Z on 1996-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
1206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 022232
SVRLBF
NEC031-022330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
530 PM CDT (429 PM MDT) MON SEP 2 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

   ...NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH PLATTE
DOPPLER RADAR 52 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHADRON OR 16 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF MERRIMAN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS...AND BE LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MERRIMAN BY 615 PM CDT (515 PM MDT).
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
   
ROBERG

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.