Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2011, 7:52 PM CDT for Garfield County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2011, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Garfield County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136 WUUS53 KLBF 310052 SVRLBF NEC071-183-310115- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0035.110531T0052Z-110531T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 752 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NORTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF CALAMUS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF BURWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF GARFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTIES. 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 4209 9853 4200 9843 4175 9922 4208 9922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 246DEG 42KT 4192 9905 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ POWER
2 follow-up statements
768 WWUS53 KLBF 310100 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 800 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 NEC071-183-310115- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110531T0115Z/ GARFIELD NE-WHEELER NE- 800 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WHEELER AND GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF GARFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN WHEELER COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4209 9853 4200 9843 4175 9922 4208 9922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 246DEG 42KT 4195 9895 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ POWER
665 WWUS53 KLBF 310115 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 815 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 NEC071-183-310124- /O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110531T0115Z/ GARFIELD NE-WHEELER NE- 815 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHEELER AND GARFIELD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4209 9853 4200 9843 4175 9922 4208 9922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 246DEG 42KT 4202 9873 $$ POWER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd | 17 min |
| May 30, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Loup | 42 min |
| May 30, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 51 min |
| May 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 50 min |
| May 30, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 42 min |
| May 30, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.