Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS North Platte, NE

June 3, 2011Custer County, Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2011, 10:22 PM CDT for Custer County, Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 3, 2011, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2011, 10:54 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Custer County, NE, Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2011-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

545 
WUUS53 KLBF 040322
SVRLBF
NEC041-111-040415-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0045.110604T0322Z-110604T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1022 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1018 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BRADY...OR 22 MILES EAST OF
  NORTH PLATTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARNOLD AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
  ANSELMO AROUND 1110 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY
47 MILE MARKER 80...HIGHWAY 40 MILE MARKER 10 AND HIGHWAY 92 MILE
MARKER 260.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4111 10049 4174 9996 4165 9967 4101 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 213DEG 41KT 4114 10032
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

POWER
2 follow-up statements
548 
WWUS53 KLBF 040341
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1041 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

NEC111-040350-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110604T0415Z/
LINCOLN NE-
1041 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4136 10023 4141 10025 4174 9996 4165 9967
      4108 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 213DEG 41KT 4131 10017

$$

NEC041-040415-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110604T0415Z/
CUSTER NE-
1041 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1038 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF ARNOLD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARNOLD...ANSELMO...VICTORIA SPRINGS STATE RECREATION AREA...HIGHWAY
  40 MILE MARKER 20...HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 260 AND HIGHWAY 2 MILE
  MARKER 250.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4136 10023 4141 10025 4174 9996 4165 9967
      4108 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 213DEG 41KT 4131 10017
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

POWER
693 
WWUS53 KLBF 040354
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1054 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

NEC041-040404-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110604T0415Z/
CUSTER NE-
1054 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4136 10023 4141 10025 4174 9996 4165 9967
      4108 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 213DEG 41KT 4144 10005

$$

POWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan23 min
Jun 3, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Logan33 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.