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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS North Platte, NE

June 9, 2011Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 8:49 AM CDT for Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 9, 2011, 8:49 AM CDT (13:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 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 9, 8:50 AM CDTHAIL 15 Ese Ericson, NEMAINLY PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 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.

817 
WUUS53 KLBF 091349
SVRLBF
NEC183-091430-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0052.110609T1349Z-110609T1430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
849 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 844 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ERICSON...OR 25 MILES EAST OF
  BURWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA...BARTLETT AND FOUR CORNERS.

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 4173 9837 4174 9876 4207 9872 4195 9828
      4188 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1349Z 232DEG 25KT 4173 9863
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
938 
WWUS53 KLBF 091403
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
903 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

NEC183-091430-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110609T1430Z/
WHEELER NE-
903 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WHEELER COUNTY
UNTIL 930 AM CDT...

AT 858 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIBEL LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 30 MILES
EAST OF BURWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 850 AM CDT QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES 
EAST SOUTHEAST OF ERICSON WITH THIS STORM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARTLETT AROUND 910 AM 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 4173 9837 4174 9876 4207 9872 4195 9828
      4188 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1403Z 229DEG 28KT 4180 9852
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

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967 
WWUS53 KLBF 091428
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
928 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

NEC183-091438-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110609T1430Z/
WHEELER NE-
928 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WHEELER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 AM CDT/830 AM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4173 9837 4174 9876 4207 9872 4195 9828
      4188 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1428Z 229DEG 28KT 4193 9832

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 6:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln52 min
Jun 9, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln, Perkins45 min
Jun 9, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster51 min
Jun 9, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster41 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.