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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS North Platte, NE

June 3, 20084 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2008, 7:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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 3, 2008, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2008, 8:21 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Blaine County, NE, Custer County, NE, Logan County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 040057
SVRLBF
NEC009-041-113-171-040145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0113.080604T0057Z-080604T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
757 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING THE DISMAL RIVER...OR 13 MILES NORTH
  OF STAPLETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTH OF DUNNING BY 840 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 4191 10011 4156 10006 4156 10060 4178 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 264DEG 26KT 4167 10048

$$

GARNER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 040114
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
814 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

NEC009-171-040124-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080604T0145Z/
BLAINE NE-THOMAS NE-
814 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS AND
SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4156 10044 4168 10042 4173 10008 4156 10006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 267DEG 25KT 4163 10034

$$

NEC041-113-040145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080604T0145Z/
LOGAN NE-CUSTER NE-
814 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND EAST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
STAPLETON...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4156 10044 4168 10042 4173 10008 4156 10006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 267DEG 25KT 4163 10034

$$

GARNER
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 040121
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
822 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

NEC041-113-040132-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080604T0145Z/
LOGAN NE-CUSTER NE-
822 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND EAST
CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4156 10044 4168 10042 4173 10008 4156 10006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 267DEG 25KT 4163 10027

$$

GARNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Hooker, Thomas51 min
Jun 3, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Hooker, Thomas40 min
Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHooker, Thomas43 min
Jun 3, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Thomas46 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster50 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster46 min
Jun 4, 4:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLBFBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 15 more49 hr
Jun 4, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln39 min
Jun 4, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier24 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln33 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier18 min
Jun 4, 5:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFFrontier84 min
Jun 4, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase, Perkins52 min
Jun 4, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase34 min
Jun 4, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase31 min
Jun 4, 6:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLBFHolt5 hr
Jun 4, 6:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFChase113 min
Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase, Hayes25 min
Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase14 min
Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden, Grant, Sheridan55 min
Jun 4, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFChase, Hayes32 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.