Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS North Platte, NE

May 23, 2011Chase County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT for Chase County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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
May 23, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2011, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chase County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 7:55 PM MDTHAIL 0.52 S Imperial, NE
May 23, 8:00 PM MDTHAIL 0.883 E Imperial, NE

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

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2011-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 293 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 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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.

469 
WUUS53 KLBF 240145
SVRLBF
NEC029-240230-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0013.110524T0145Z-110524T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
745 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT

* AT 744 PM MDT...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
  EAST OF IMPERIAL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4069 10160 4069 10135 4042 10150 4052 10170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 212DEG 18KT 4055 10153
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
141 
WWUS53 KLBF 240206
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
906 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

NEC029-240230-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110524T0230Z/
CHASE NE-
806 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHASE
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT...

AT 803 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CHASE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4069 10160 4069 10135 4042 10150 4052 10170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 234DEG 7KT 4056 10153
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

SPRINGER
999 
WWUS53 KLBF 240227
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
927 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

NEC029-240236-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110524T0230Z/
CHASE NE-
827 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHASE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT/830 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IN FACT...A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHASE 
COUNTY 1230 AM MDT.

LAT...LON 4069 10160 4069 10135 4042 10150 4052 10170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 234DEG 7KT 4058 10149

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase41 min
May 23, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes49 min
May 23, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFChase45 min
May 23, 8:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFChase4 hr
May 24, 1:46 PM MDTWind AdvisoryLBFArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 16 more25 hr
May 24, 3:10 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningLBFLincoln42 days

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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.