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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS North Platte, NE

June 30, 2011Arthur County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2011, 7:02 PM MDT for Arthur County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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 30, 2011, 7:02 PM MDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2011, 7:32 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Arthur County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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
Jun 30, 7:15 PM MDTHAIL 0.755 Ese Arthur, NE
Jun 30, 7:16 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 7010 Ene Arthur, NE
Jun 30, 7:16 PM MDTHAIL 110 Ene Arthur, 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
Jun 30, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2011-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1841 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 2011-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
1841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

349 
WUUS53 KLBF 010102
SVRLBF
NEC005-010145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0192.110701T0102Z-110701T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
702 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 657 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYTHORN LAKE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  ARTHUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THREE MILE LAKE AROUND 720 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY
92 MILE MARKER 170.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4174 10168 4175 10141 4146 10140 4139 10145
      4139 10166 4145 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 220DEG 39KT 4148 10165
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

ROBERG
2 follow-up statements
820 
WWUS53 KLBF 010116
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
816 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011

NEC005-010145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-110701T0145Z/
ARTHUR NE-
716 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ARTHUR
COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT...

AT 711 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 7 MILES
EAST OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THREE MILE LAKE AROUND 720 PM MDT.

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 4174 10168 4175 10149 4174 10141 4146 10140
      4148 10160 4157 10174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 220DEG 39KT 4159 10153
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

ROBERG
550 
WWUS53 KLBF 010132
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
832 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011

NEC005-010142-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-110701T0145Z/
ARTHUR NE-
732 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT. 

LAT...LON 4174 10168 4175 10149 4174 10141 4146 10140
      4148 10160 4157 10174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 220DEG 39KT 4173 10137

$$

ROBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFSheridan57 min
Jun 30, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker60 min
Jun 30, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry60 min
Jun 30, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha49 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.