Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS North Platte, NE

May 13, 1999Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1999, 8:42 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
May 13, 1999, 8:42 PM MDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1999, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 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 1999-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 1999-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLBF 140239 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC029-140330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
942 PM CDT (842 PM MDT) THU MAY 13 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT (1030 PM CDT)

* AT 838 PM MDT... NORTH PLATTE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF IMPERIAL... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

*DAMAGING HAIL AND/OR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...
 IMPERIAL                     BY 845 PM MDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

SHEETS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel30 min
May 13, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith62 min
May 13, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel47 min
May 13, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith58 min
May 13, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase62 min
May 13, 9:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln64 min
May 13, 9:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes65 min
May 14, 12:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFThomas45 min
May 14, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith50 min
May 14, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase48 min
May 14, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.