Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS North Platte, NE

June 4, 1996Custer County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1996, 8:20 PM CDT for Custer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 4, 1996, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1996, 9:25 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Custer County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDTHail 0.88Arnold, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 1996-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 923 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 1996-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1407 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 050124
SVRLBF
NEC041-050225-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
820 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 925 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

   ...SOUTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH PLATTE
DOPPLER RADAR 29 MILES WEST OF BROKEN BOW...OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF
ARNOLD...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN
OPEN COUNTRY.  A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND O\CCASIONALLY 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 POSSIBLE.

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, Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
745 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996

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

0658 PM    11 E THEDFORD             NE   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/04/96   THOMAS                         HAIL FELL FROM 643
                                          THROUGH 658 PM

0730 PM    12 N STAPLETON            NE   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/04/96   LOGAN

SP
Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:51 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
751 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996

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

0730* PM    11 WNW OF NORTH PLATTE    NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/96   LINCOLN

SP
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:04 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
804 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996

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

0800d PM    5 E GRAND                 NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/96   LOGAN

SP
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:06 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
806 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996

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

0805 PM    8 E STAPLETON             NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/96   LOGAN

0805 PM    9 N STAPLETON             NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/96   LOGAN                          TWO SEPARATE REPORTS FROM
                                          OPPOSITE fSIDES OF THE
                                          STORM'S CORE.

SP
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:12 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
811 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996

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

0810Z PM    1 W NORTH PLATTE          NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/96   LINCOLN

SP
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:13 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
813 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996

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

0745 PM    14 S THEDFORD             NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/96   THOMAS

SP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln64 min
Jun 4, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan66 min
Jun 4, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas63 min
Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln, Logan31 min
Jun 4, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln32 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan47 min
Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln61 min
Jun 4, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln47 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.