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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS North Platte, NE

May 11, 2005Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 3:18 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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
May 11, 2005, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2005-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2005-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 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 
WUUS53 KLBF 112018
SVRLBF
NEC111-112100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0101.050511T2018Z-050511T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
318 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF SUTHERLAND...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SUTHERLAND BY 325 PM CDT
  HERSHEY BY 330 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4071 10123 4072 10087 4138 10079 4136 10125

$$

KAR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 112037
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
337 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

NEC111-112100-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-050511T2100Z/
LINCOLN NE-
337 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF HERSHEY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL AREAS NORTH OF HERSHEY AND SUTHERLAND BY 345 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4071 10123 4072 10087 4138 10079 4136 10125

$$

KAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt39 min
May 11, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Hayes44 min
May 11, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson44 min
May 11, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes46 min
May 11, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln61 min
May 11, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier51 min
May 11, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson41 min
May 11, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier39 min
May 11, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHayes47 min
May 11, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln62 min
May 11, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln48 min
May 11, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln39 min
May 11, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier48 min
May 11, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith42 min
May 11, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase49 min
May 11, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFFrontier90 min
May 11, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln46 min
May 11, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln57 min
May 11, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFLincoln3 hr
May 11, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln46 min
May 11, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase53 min
May 11, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins65 min

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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.