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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE

April 9, 2005Blaine County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2005, 9:27 PM CDT for Blaine County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 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
Apr 9, 2005, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Blaine County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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
Apr 9, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2005-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
3224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 
WUUS53 KLBF 100227
SVRLBF
NEC009-100330-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0013.050410T0227Z-050410T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
927 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUNNING...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BREWSTER BY 1005 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4176 10025 4175 9970 4208 9970 4207 10025

$$

KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 100257
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
955 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2005

NEC009-100330-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050410T0330Z/
BLAINE NE-
955 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
BLAINE COUNTY...

AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF BREWSTER...MOVING 
NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BREWSTER BY 1025 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE 
COVERING THE GROUND. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND 
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4176 10025 4175 9970 4208 9970 4207 10025

$$

KAR
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 100330
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1029 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2005

NEC009-100339-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050410T0330Z/
BLAINE NE-
1029 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BLAINE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1030
PM CDT...

A THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHEAST BLAINE COUNTY WILL EXIT THE 
COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. SEVER WEATHER 
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED

LAT...LON 4176 10025 4175 9970 4208 9970 4207 10025

$$

KAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster63 min
Apr 9, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFPerkins66 min
Apr 10, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan, McPherson43 min
Apr 10, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine48 min
Apr 10, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown59 min
Apr 10, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes55 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.