Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 5:29 PM MDT for Garden County, Grant County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 16, 2011, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:35 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 24 N Oshkosh, NE | ESTIMATED 60 MILE PER HOUR WINDS WITH 4 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES BROKEN OFF |
| Jun 16, 5:58 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | Crescent Lake Nwr, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 927 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
539
WUUS53 KLBF 162329
SVRLBF
NEC069-075-161-170015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0077.110616T2329Z-110617T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
529 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
* AT 529 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PATTERSON LAKE TO 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LISCO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESCENT LAKE NWR...DOGTOWN FLATS...DEER LAKE...JERRY LAKE...
BRITTON LAKE...KINCAID LAKE AND BINGHAM.
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 4212 10204 4210 10202 4141 10198 4143 10261
4194 10269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 250DEG 26KT 4201 10235 4155 10247
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
SCHULTZ3 follow-up statements
559
WWUS53 KLBF 162342
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
642 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
NEC069-075-161-170015-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110617T0015Z/
GARDEN NE-GRANT NE-SHERIDAN NE-
542 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SHERIDAN...SOUTHWESTERN GRANT AND GARDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELLSWORTH TO JUST NORTH OF OSHKOSH
...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRITTON LAKE...JERRY LAKE...KINCAID LAKE AND BINGHAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4212 10204 4210 10202 4141 10198 4143 10261
4194 10269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 250DEG 26KT 4200 10224 4146 10234
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
SCHULTZ049
WWUS53 KLBF 162357
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
657 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
NEC069-075-161-170015-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110617T0015Z/
GARDEN NE-GRANT NE-SHERIDAN NE-
557 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SHERIDAN...SOUTHWESTERN GRANT AND GARDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 557 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 BINGHAM TO BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD
STATE HISTORICAL PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BINGHAM.
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 4212 10204 4210 10204 4209 10202 4141 10198
4143 10247 4196 10262
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 250DEG 26KT 4207 10208 4143 10215
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SCHULTZ403
WWUS53 KLBF 170016 RRA
SVSLBF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
716 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
NEC069-075-161-170026-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110617T0015Z/
GARDEN NE-GRANT NE-SHERIDAN NE-
616 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN...
SOUTHWESTERN GRANT AND GARDEN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 4212 10204 4210 10204 4209 10202 4141 10198
4143 10247 4196 10262
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 250DEG 26KT 4207 10208 4143 10215
$$
CJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Garden, Sheridan | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 45 min |
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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.