Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS North Platte, NE

July 8, 1997Deuel County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1997, 11:03 PM MDT for Deuel County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 8, 1997, 11:03 PM MDT (05:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1997, 12:05 AM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Deuel County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 11:10 PM MDTHail 1.25Chappell, 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1997-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2697 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1997-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
2697 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 090503 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC049-090605-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1203 AM CDT (1103 PM MDT) WED JUL 9 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1205 AM MDT (105 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE

   ...DEUEL COUNTY
 
AT 1101 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH
PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR 25 MILES EAST OF SIDNEY OR 5 MILES NORTH OF
CHAPPELL MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

DAMAGING HAIL AND/OR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...
  CHAPPELL                     BY 1120 PM MDT
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.


RLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden63 min
Jul 8, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden49 min
Jul 8, 8:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel50 min
Jul 8, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden65 min
Jul 8, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden63 min
Jul 8, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel35 min
Jul 8, 9:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGrant32 min
Jul 8, 9:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant65 min
Jul 8, 10:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Perkins51 min
Jul 8, 10:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden64 min
Jul 8, 11:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins64 min
Jul 8, 11:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson62 min
Jul 9, 12:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins47 min
Jul 9, 1:06 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.