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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS North Platte, NE

July 15, 2008Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2008, 5:58 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2008, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 6:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 608 E Ericson, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-515 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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 152259 RRA
SVRLBF
NEC183-160000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0310.080715T2258Z-080716T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
558 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BARTLETT...OR 26 MILES EAST OF BURWELL...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 34 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ERICSON BY 610 PM CDT...
  PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA BY 615 PM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4173 9829 4173 9874 4181 9876 4198 9876
      4208 9857 4208 9828 4191 9829 4185 9828
      4177 9828 4174 9828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 341DEG 29KT 4188 9864

$$

KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 152315
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
615 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

NEC183-160000-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080716T0000Z/
WHEELER NE-
615 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR WHEELER COUNTY...

AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTLETT...OR 36 MILES EAST OF
BURWELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 36 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES EAST OF PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA BY 620 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4174 9828 4173 9829 4174 9841 4173 9842
      4173 9874 4180 9876 4186 9875 4191 9873
      4207 9828 4191 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 344DEG 31KT 4183 9844

$$

KAR
000 
WWUS53 KLBF 152355
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
654 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

NEC183-160004-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080716T0000Z/
WHEELER NE-
654 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WHEELER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
700 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN WHEELER 
COUNTY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AT THIS 
TIME.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4174 9828 4173 9829 4174 9841 4173 9842
      4173 9874 4180 9876 4186 9875 4191 9873
      4207 9828 4191 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 344DEG 31KT 4151 9832

$$

KAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster39 min
Jul 14, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster41 min
Jul 14, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln36 min
Jul 15, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBFLincoln3 hr
Jul 15, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln38 min
Jul 15, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln27 min
Jul 15, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt66 min
Jul 15, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt47 min
Jul 15, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Wheeler58 min
Jul 15, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Sheridan48 min
Jul 15, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Garden46 min
Jul 15, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFGarden25 min
Jul 15, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.