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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS North Platte, NE

August 10, 2011Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2011, 6:55 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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
Aug 10, 2011, 6:55 PM MDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 10, 7:24 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 6017 Nw Mullen, NE
Aug 10, 7:24 PM MDTHAIL 117 Nw Mullen, 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
Aug 10, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2011-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 765 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 2011-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
11.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLBF 110055
SVRLBF
NEC031-110145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0280.110811T0055Z-110811T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
655 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 649 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 10
  MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER...OR 30
  MILES NORTH OF MULLEN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER AROUND 705 PM MDT.
  HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING BIG CREEK AROUND 715 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY
97 MILE MARKER 80.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4209 10084 4210 10168 4270 10176 4258 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 339DEG 22KT 4244 10119
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

POWER
1 follow-up statement
317 
WWUS53 KLBF 110127
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
727 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2011

NEC031-110145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0280.000000T0000Z-110811T0145Z/
CHERRY NE-
727 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHERRY
COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT...

AT 722 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 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SPECKEL MEIR LAKE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLEN...
MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
CHERRY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4209 10084 4210 10168 4270 10176 4258 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 356DEG 27KT 4222 10123
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 6:21 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry24 min
Aug 10, 7:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Hooker46 min
Aug 10, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, McPherson46 min
Aug 10, 8:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFHooker3 hr
Aug 10, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFMcPherson30 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.