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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 2011Arthur County, Grant County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 6:08 PM MDT for Arthur County, Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Arthur County, NE, Grant County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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, 6:35 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 60	3 Wnw Arthur, NE	HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE ALSO REPORTED.
Jun 16, 6:55 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 70	6 N Arthur, NE
Jun 16, 6:55 PM MDT	HAIL 1	6 N Arthur, NE
Jun 16, 6:57 PM MDT	HAIL 1	9 E Arthur, NE	ALSO ESTIMATED 60 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS

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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 1720 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1441 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

531 
WUUS53 KLBF 170008
SVRLBF
NEC005-075-170100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0079.110617T0008Z-110617T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
608 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 607 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 ASHBY TO 7 MILES EAST OF
  BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORICAL PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARTHUR...ASHBY...SWEDE LAKE...JENSEN LAKE...HYANNIS...HAYTHORN
  LAKE...SPRING VALLEY LAKE...PRATT LAKE...SAND PUDDIN LAKE...
  WHITMAN...GREEN LAKE...THREE MILE LAKE...BUCKTAIL LAKE...HIGHWAY 61
  MILE MARKER 150...HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 140...HIGHWAY 61 MILE
  MARKER 120...HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 130 AND HIGHWAY 92 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 4201 10205 4201 10201 4209 10200 4209 10143
      4139 10142 4140 10198 4174 10199 4175 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 264DEG 27KT 4208 10194 4142 10201
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SCHULTZ

3 follow-up statements

243 
WWUS53 KLBF 170019
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
719 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

NEC005-075-170100-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-110617T0100Z/
GRANT NE-ARTHUR NE-
619 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ARTHUR AND
GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT...

AT 619 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 MOTHER LAKE TO 9 MILES NORTH OF
OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARTHUR...JENSEN LAKE...HYANNIS...HAYTHORN LAKE...SPRING VALLEY
  LAKE...PRATT LAKE...SAND PUDDIN LAKE...WHITMAN...GREEN LAKE...THREE
  MILE LAKE...BUCKTAIL LAKE...HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 150...HIGHWAY 61
  MILE MARKER 140...HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 120...HIGHWAY 61 MILE
  MARKER 130 AND HIGHWAY 92 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 4201 10205 4201 10201 4209 10200 4209 10143
      4139 10142 4140 10198 4174 10199 4175 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 264DEG 27KT 4209 10182 4143 10189
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SCHULTZ

291 
WWUS53 KLBF 170038
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
738 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

NEC005-075-170100-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-110617T0100Z/
GRANT NE-ARTHUR NE-
638 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ARTHUR AND
GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT...

AT 638 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 WHITMAN TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
HAYTHORN LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 635 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS 3 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAND PUDDIN LAKE...WHITMAN...GREEN LAKE...THREE MILE LAKE...
  BUCKTAIL LAKE AND HIGHWAY 92 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 4209 10200 4209 10143 4139 10142 4140 10198
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 264DEG 27KT 4209 10159 4144 10172
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SCHULTZ

650 
WWUS53 KLBF 170050
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
750 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

NEC005-075-170100-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-110617T0100Z/
GRANT NE-ARTHUR NE-
650 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ARTHUR AND
GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT...

AT 649 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITMAN TO 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYTHORN LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 635 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE 
SIZE OF QUARTERS 3 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THREE MILE LAKE AND BUCKTAIL LAKE.

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 10190 4209 10143 4139 10142 4139 10143
      4140 10190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 264DEG 27KT 4210 10147 4145 10160
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SCHULTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 6:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Cherry	5 hr
Jun 16, 6:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	45 min
Jun 16, 6:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	40 min
Jun 16, 6:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant, Hooker, McPherson	50 min
Jun 16, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden	42 min
Jun 16, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Hooker, Thomas	60 min
Jun 16, 7:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden, Keith, Perkins	48 min
Jun 16, 7:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Thomas	51 min
Jun 16, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	64 min
Jun 16, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Loup, Rock and 1 more	66 min
Jun 16, 8:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	43 min
Jun 16, 9:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Custer, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins	4 hr
Jun 16, 9:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	65 min
Jun 16, 9:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	46 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.