Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2011, 4:25 PM CDT for Garfield County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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
- Jun 26, 2011, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:28 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 8 Wsw Amelia, NE | |
| Jun 26, 5:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 15 Nw Bartlett, NE | HERDCO FEED LOT REPORTED VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLF BALLS. |
| Jun 26, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 15 Nw Bartlett, NE | MOSTLY NICKEL SIZED HAIL BUT SOME HAIL WAS AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS. REPORT WAS FURNISHED BY HERDCO FEED LOT. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
547 WUUS53 KLBF 262125 SVRLBF NEC071-089-183-262215- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0166.110626T2125Z-110626T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 425 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NORTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 420 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF SWAN LAKE...OR 25 MILES NORTH OF BURWELL... AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SWAN LAKE AROUND 430 PM CDT. AMELIA AROUND 440 PM CDT. CHAMBERS AROUND 500 PM CDT. GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AROUND 515 PM CDT. 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 4228 9849 4191 9844 4199 9920 4225 9921 TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 269DEG 27KT 4215 9910 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.50IN $$ HIRSCH
2 follow-up statements
658 WWUS53 KLBF 262138 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 438 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 NEC071-089-183-262215- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110626T2215Z/ GARFIELD NE-HOLT NE-WHEELER NE- 438 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WHEELER...SOUTHERN HOLT AND NORTHERN GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 434 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWAN LAKE...OR 26 MILES NORTH OF BURWELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CHAMBERS AROUND 500 PM CDT. GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AROUND 515 PM CDT. AT 428 PM...BASEBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMELIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4228 9849 4191 9844 4199 9920 4225 9921 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 269DEG 27KT 4215 9899 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.75IN $$ HIRSCH
725 WWUS53 KLBF 262206 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 506 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 NEC071-089-183-262215- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110626T2215Z/ GARFIELD NE-HOLT NE-WHEELER NE- 506 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WHEELER...SOUTH CENTRAL HOLT AND NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMBERS...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF ONEILL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GOOSE LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AROUND 515 PM CDT. SEVERE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE MOST LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN HOLT COUNTY ALONG THE COUNTY LINE. PERSONS IN THAT AREA SHOULD BE IN SHELTER AT THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4197 9889 4226 9890 4228 9849 4191 9844 TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 276DEG 31KT 4210 9870 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.75IN $$ HIRSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Cherry | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Deuel | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Grant | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Cherry | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 15 min |
| Jun 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.