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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS North Platte, NE

August 13, 1997Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1997, 8:40 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 1997, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 13, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 140141 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC111-140230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
840 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE NE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA

   ...SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 836 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NORTH PLATTE
DOPPLER RADAR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF IMPERIAL OR 6 MILES WEST OF
WALLACE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DAMAGING HAIL AND/OR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...

  DICKENS                      BY 910 PM CDT

 A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU SHOULD MOVE INTO A STRONG
BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

WOOD

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.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 2:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
230 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1997

EXTENT OF TSRA TONIGHT IS THE MAIN QUESTION FOR THE NEAR TERM...

18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS LEE TROF DEEPENING IN ERN PANHANDLE COUNTIES WITH
SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE INCREASING AS WELL AS PER ADAP SMC. LOW
DEVELOPING NEAR CDR AND BFF REPORTING TCU AT 19Z OB...AND MORE CU NEAR
LAKE MAC. ADAP ALSO HAS INSTABILITY AXIS ALONG TROF WITH RELATIVELY NO CAP.
WIND PROFILES ON ZAR VEERING WITH HEIGHT AND MEDICINE BOW PROFILER SHOWING
MID LEVEL SPEED MAX APPROACHING.

ETA CONTINUES TO BE A TAD FASTER WITH ITS SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS SD. NGM
IDENTIFIES A SECOND MAX FURTHER SW OF MAIN WAVE WHICH LOOKS BEST BASED ON
WV IMAGERY. ETA 12HR SFC FORECAST APPEARS TO LOOK BEST HOWEVER WITH LOW
DEVELOPING IN NWRN NEB BY 00Z THU. ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS INDICATES STRONG
PRESSURE ADVECTION ALONG/VCNTY OF SFC TROF BY LATE AFTERNOON...FROM NEAR
RUSHVILLE TO OGA TO IML. TSRA SHOULD DEVELOP SHORTLY IN THIS AREA. ONCE
DEVELOPED...ZAR AND KLNX 88D SHOWING GOOD VEERING WITH HEIGHT SO SUPERCELLS
POSSIBLE. BOUNDARY ALSO LOCATED FROM NEAR RAP TO N OF BBW IS LIKELY A WARM
FRONT WHERE BEST WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF SFC TROF IS OCCURING...LEADING
TO TSRA DEVELOPMENT IN THE NC. THIS TSRA SHOULD BE ONGOING AT THE TIME OF
ZONE ISSUANCE SO CAT WORDING NEEDED THERE. LOW LEVEL Q-N FORCING SHOULD
MOVE INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT.

MS SKIES SHOULD PREVAIL ON THURSDAY IN THE W WITH LINGERING MORNING CLOUDS
IN NERN CWA. ETA GRIDDED DATA HINTS AT SECOND WAVE MOVING THRU THURSDAY
LATE AFTERNOON AND WILL INCLUDE SMALL POPS FOR THE W.

GUIDANCE SHOWS THE NICE WAMRUP FOR THURSDAY INTO TH FRIDAY BEFORE HEIGHTS
DECREASE FOR THE WEEKEND. COLD FRONT SHOULD COME THRU LATE FRIDAY. GUIDANCE
MAXES SIMILAR FOR THE PERIOD AT LEAST FOR THE SW AND LOOK REASINABLE BASED
ON TODAYS HAPPENINGS. MINS ALSO SIMILAR. WINDS IN THE 10-20 MPH RANGE FROM
THE NW AFTER TROF PASSAGE FOR THURSDAY.

LBF UB 056/088 060/090 056 695-2
OGA UB 056/088 061/092 057 695-2
IML UB 058/088 060/092 057 694-1
VTN UB 057/088 056/087 056 695-2
ONL BB 059/082 062/083 060 69+23

STOPPKOTTE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
450 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0405 PM    9 NW CALLAWAY             NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   CUSTER

0335 PM    5 E ARNOLD                NE   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   CUSTER

0300 PM    8 E GANDY                 NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   LOGAN

SLM

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
450 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0405 PM    9 NW CALLAWAY             NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   CUSTER

0335 PM    5 E ARNOLD                NE   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   CUSTER

0300 PM    8 E GANDY                 NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   LOGAN

SLM

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
625 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0545 PM    10 SSE BROKEN BOW         NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   CUSTER

0600 PM    9 E OCONTO                NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   CUSTER

DAUGHERTY

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
625 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0545 PM    10 SSE BROKEN BOW         NE   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   CUSTER

0600 PM    9 E OCONTO                NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   CUSTER

DAUGHERTY

Local storm report, Aug 13, 8:33 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
833 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    8 SW NORTH PLATTE         NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   LINCOLN

POWER

Local storm report, Aug 13, 8:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NORTH PLATTE NE
833 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

083B0 PM    8 SW NORTH PLATTE         NE   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/97   LINCOLN

POWER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	61 min
Aug 13, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Perkins	48 min
Aug 13, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes	35 min
Aug 14, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	46 min
Aug 14, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.