Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 1:43 AM CDT for Brown County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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
- May 24, 1996, 1:43 AM CDT (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1996, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, NE, Rock County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:00 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Ainsworth, NE | |
| May 24, 2:19 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Bassett, NE | |
| May 24, 2:50 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ainsworth, 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, 6.7 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 240645 SVRLBF NEC017-149-240745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 143 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY...ROCK COUNTY AT 143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ANSWORTH. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL BE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AINSWORTH BY 210 AM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ONTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.
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 24, 12:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1213 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1155 PM 3 W BRANDON NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/96 PERKINS
MUTCHLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Perkins | 58 min |
| May 23, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Hooker, McPherson | 67 min |
| May 24, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel, Keith | 43 min |
| May 24, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 61 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.