Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1996, 10:03 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1996, 10:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:12 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Brady, 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLBF 050303 SVRLBF NEC111-050350- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1003 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1050 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 1000 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 22 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRADY MOVING SOUTH AT 32 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN OPEN COUNTRY AND BE LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF WELLFLEET...OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE BY 1045 PM CDT. AT 958 PM CDT THIS STORM PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 6 MILES EAST OF MAXWELL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. 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. & BOWMAN
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, 9:22 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
922 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
08102 PM 5E 5S STAPLETON NE 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 LOGAN
FSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
927 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915v PM 22 NE NORTH PLATTE NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 LINCOLN
FSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:31 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
931 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM 19 S VALENTINE NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 CHERRY
FSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:38 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
937 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0903 PM STAPLETON NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 LOGAN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
ACCUMULATED HAIL. SEVERAL
SMALL LIMBS DOWN
FS.Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:56 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
956 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM 5 E MAXWELL NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 LINCOLN
0949 PM 6 E MAXWELL NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 LINCOLN
0949 PM 2E 2N STAPLETON NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 LOGAN
FSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:02 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION FOR 3RD LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
956 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM 5 E MAXWELL NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 LINCOLN
0949 PM 6 E MAXWELL NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 LINCOLN
0949 PM 2E 2N MAXWELL NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/96 LINCOLN
FSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 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.