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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS North Platte, NE

June 13, 2011Cherry County, Grant County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2011, 7:27 PM MDT for Cherry County, Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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 13, 2011, 7:27 PM MDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2011, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherry County, NE, Grant County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -1.2

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The text

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

191 
WUUS53 KLBF 140127
SVRLBF
NEC031-075-140215-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0065.110614T0127Z-110614T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
727 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 726 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 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MOTHER LAKE...OR 36 MILES WEST OF MULLEN...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOTHER LAKE...WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE
  LOUP RIVER...ASHBY...WHITMAN...HYANNIS...DOMINICK LAKE AND HIGHWAY
  61 MILE MARKER 170.

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 4246 10155 4203 10142 4202 10143 4196 10202
      4201 10203 4201 10201 4209 10201 4210 10203
      4231 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 335DEG 8KT 4221 10171
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SCHULTZ/BROOKS

2 follow-up statements

341 
WWUS53 KLBF 140148
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
748 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011

NEC031-075-140215-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110614T0215Z/
GRANT NE-CHERRY NE-
748 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CHERRY AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 748 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 61 AND SURVEY VALLEY ROAD TO HYANNIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOTHER LAKE...HYANNIS...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND SURVEY
  VALLEY ROAD...WHITMAN...ROUND LAKE...WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE
  NORTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE LOUP RIVER AND HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER
  170.

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 4246 10155 4203 10142 4202 10143 4196 10202
      4201 10203 4201 10201 4209 10201 4210 10203
      4231 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 243DEG 16KT 4235 10188 4199 10184
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SCHULTZ

167 
WWUS53 KLBF 140217
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
917 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011

NEC031-075-140226-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110614T0215Z/
GRANT NE-CHERRY NE-
817 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY AND
NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
GRANT COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 4246 10155 4203 10142 4202 10143 4196 10202
      4201 10203 4201 10201 4209 10201 4210 10203
      4231 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 243DEG 16KT 4235 10188 4199 10184

$$

CJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 6:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	38 min
Jun 13, 6:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	31 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	45 min
Jun 13, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	29 min
Jun 13, 7:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel	47 min
Jun 13, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	47 min
Jun 13, 7:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	45 min
Jun 13, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant	59 min
Jun 14, 3:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Keya Paha, Rock	56 min
Jun 14, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt, Rock	44 min
Jun 14, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	60 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	51 min
Jun 14, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.