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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS North Platte, NE

June 11, 1996Keya Paha County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1996, 3:21 PM CDT for Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 min. 5 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
Jun 11, 1996, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1996, 4:25 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Keya Paha County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 3:25 PM CDTHail 0.88Springview, NE
Jun 11, 3:35 PM CDTHail 0.88Springview, NE
Jun 11, 3:40 PM CDTHail 1.25Springview, NE
Jun 11, 3:40 PM CDTHail 1Springview, NE
Jun 11, 4:10 PM CDTHail 0.88Burton, 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 248 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 112022
SVRLBF
NEC103-112125-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
321 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 425 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

   ...WESTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTY
 
AT 319 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH PLATTE
DOPPLER RADAR 20 MILES NORTH OF AINSWORTH OR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPRINGVIEW MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE OVER SPRINGVIEW THROUGH 400 PM CDT OTHERWISE...EXPECT IT
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.

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

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 10:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-121200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1050 AM CDT (950 AM MDT) TUE JUN 11 1996

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING NEBRASKA COUNTIES...

ARTHUR     BLAINE     BOYD       BROWN      CHASE      CHERRY
CUSTER     DEUEL      FRONTIER   GARDEN     GARFIELD   GRANT
HAYES      HOLT       HOOKER     KEITH      KEYA PAHA  LINCOLN
LOGAN      LOUP       MCPHERSON  PERKINS    ROCK       SHERIDAN
THOMAS     WHEELER

...STOMR SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED IN WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA
WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS
IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MERRIMAN TO IMPERIAL...AND AFTER 600
PM MDT (700 PM CDT).
<
LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AS WELL...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT LIKELY IN THAT
AREA.

SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 10:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-121200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1050 AM CDT (950 AM MDT) TUE JUN 11 1996

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING NEBRASKA COUNTIES...

ARTHUR     BLAINE     BOYD       BROWN      CHASE      CHERRY
CUSTER     DEUEL      FRONTIER   GARDEN     GARFIELD   GRANT
HAYES      HOLT       HOOKER     KEITH      KEYA PAHA  LINCOLN
LOGAN      LOUP       MCPHERSON  PERKINS    ROCK       SHERIDAN
THOMAS     WHEELER

...STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED IN WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA
WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS
IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MERRIMAN TO IMPERIAL...AND AFTER 600
PM MDT (700 PM CDT).
<
LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AS WELL...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT LIKELY IN THAT
AREA.

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase33 min
Jun 11, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown59 min
Jun 11, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown61 min
Jun 11, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry62 min
Jun 11, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Grant65 min
Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDTSevere 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.