Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS North Platte, NE

June 10, 1996Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1996, 10:57 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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 10, 1996, 10:57 PM MDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1996, 11:30 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Chase County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 11:10 PM MDTHail 1Champion, 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 1996-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 226 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 1996-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 110458
SVRLBF
NEC029-110530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1157 PM CDT (1057 PM MDT) MON JUN 10 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM MDT (1230 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

   ...SOUTHWESTERN CHASE COUNTY
 
AT 1056 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH PLATTE
DOPPLER RADAR 21 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL OR 11 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 34 MPH. THIS STORM IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN OPEN COUNTRY.
 
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.

WOOD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown59 min
Jun 11, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeya Paha64 min
Jun 11, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown61 min
Jun 11, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
Jun 11, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Grant65 min
Jun 11, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry65 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.