Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS North Platte, NE

May 23, 1996Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1996, 10:17 PM MDT for Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 58 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 23, 1996, 10:17 PM MDT (04:17 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1996, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Perkins County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 10:55 PM MDTHail 1Brandon, 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 1996-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 1996-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 240419
SVRLBF
NEC135-240515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1117 PM CDT (1017 PM MDT) THU MAY 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT (1115 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
 
   ...PERKINS COUNTY
 
AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VENANGO...OR 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OGALALLA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
AND WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF VENANGO BY 1130 PM CDT...THEN BE LOCATED
NEAR THE CITY OF GRANT NEAR VMIDNIGHT CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  YOU CAN EXPECT
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 10:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFArthur, Hooker, McPherson67 min
May 23, 11:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Keith43 min
May 24, 12:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Rock62 min
May 24, 1:44 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock61 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.