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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS North Platte, NE

May 18, 1996Boyd County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1996, 9:23 PM CDT for Boyd County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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 18, 1996, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Boyd County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 9:45 PM CDTHail 1.75Butte, 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1996-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1996-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 190223
SVRLBF
NEC015-190300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
923 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...BOYD COUNTY
 
AT 923 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF NAPER...OR ABOUT 40
MILES NORTHEAST OF AINSWORTH. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF NAPER AND ANOKA AROUND 945
PM CDT.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
WERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha44 min
May 18, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry38 min
May 18, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown34 min
May 18, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock40 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.