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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 2004Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2004, 12:46 AM CDT for Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2004, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2004, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2004-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2251 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
2251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

740 
WUUS53 KLBF 160546
SVRLBF
NEC089-183-160645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1246 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CHAMBERS...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF ONEILL...AND MOVING NORTH AT
  5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHAMBERS AROUND 140 AM CDT

LAT...LON 4196 9876 4197 9833 4240 9833 4239 9880

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins54 min
Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster61 min
Jun 15, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln58 min
Jun 15, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins44 min
Jun 15, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLoup37 min
Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln46 min
Jun 15, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster44 min
Jun 15, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan46 min
Jun 15, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Perkins60 min
Jun 15, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln44 min
Jun 15, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster57 min
Jun 15, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan41 min
Jun 15, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes52 min
Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln62 min
Jun 15, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Perkins59 min
Jun 15, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster62 min
Jun 15, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier60 min
Jun 15, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln45 min
Jun 15, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster61 min
Jun 15, 11:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFLincoln6 hr
Jun 16, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster44 min
Jun 16, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.