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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS North Platte, NE

June 4, 1996Lincoln County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 10:12 PM CDTHail 0.88Brady, 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.

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 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

FS
Local 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

FS
Local 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

FS
Local 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

FS
Local 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

FS

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, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster65 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

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.