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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS North Platte, NE

June 16, 2011Deuel County, Garden County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 7:03 PM MDT for Deuel County, Garden County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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, 7:20 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	4 S Chappell, NE	HAIL FELL FOR 5 MINUTES.
Jun 16, 7:22 PM MDT	HAIL 1	3 N Chappell, NE
Jun 16, 7:25 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Chappell, NE	TRAMPOLINE TOOK FLIGHT AND HIT HOUSE DAMAGING AN OUTSIDE FAUCET AND GUTTER DAMAGED. TRAMPOLINE TUMBLED DOWN HILL FROM HOUSE.
Jun 16, 7:35 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Chappell, NE	PORCH BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE

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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 4315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

030 
WUUS53 KLBF 170103
SVRLBF
NEC049-069-170145-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0083.110617T0103Z-110617T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEUEL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHERN GARDEN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 702 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 NEAR
  LODGEPOLE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF CHAPPELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9 MILE
  ROAD...GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...WINDLASS HILL...
  ASH HOLLOW STATE HISTORICAL PARK...LEWELLEN...BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD
  STATE HISTORICAL PARK...INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 80...INTERSTATE
  80 MILE MARKER 90...HIGHWAY 27 MILE MARKER 100...HIGHWAY 30 MILE
  MARKER 100 AND INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 100.

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 4105 10262 4133 10262 4144 10206 4100 10206
      4100 10262 4102 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 265DEG 22KT 4113 10265
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SCHULTZ

3 follow-up statements

575 
WWUS53 KLBF 170114
SVSLBF

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

NEC049-069-170145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110617T0145Z/
DEUEL NE-GARDEN NE-
714 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
GARDEN AND DEUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT...

AT 714 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LODGEPOLE...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAPPELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9 MILE
  ROAD...GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...WINDLASS HILL...
  ASH HOLLOW STATE HISTORICAL PARK...LEWELLEN...BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD
  STATE HISTORICAL PARK...INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 90...HIGHWAY 27
  MILE MARKER 100...HIGHWAY 30 MILE MARKER 100 AND INTERSTATE 80 MILE
  MARKER 100.

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 4105 10262 4133 10262 4144 10206 4100 10206
      4100 10262 4102 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 265DEG 22KT 4113 10256
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

SCHULTZ

328 
WWUS53 KLBF 170131
SVSLBF

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

NEC049-069-170145-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110617T0145Z/
DEUEL NE-GARDEN NE-
731 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
GARDEN AND DEUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT...

AT 731 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 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 27 AND 9 MILE ROAD TO OVID...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 722 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 3 MILES NORTH
OF CHAPPELL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BIG SPRINGS...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9 MILE ROAD...
  GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...WINDLASS HILL...
  LEWELLEN...BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORICAL PARK...ASH HOLLOW
  STATE HISTORICAL PARK...HIGHWAY 27 MILE MARKER 100...INTERSTATE 80
  MILE MARKER 100 AND HIGHWAY 30 MILE MARKER 100.

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 4105 10262 4133 10262 4144 10206 4100 10206
      4100 10262 4102 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 265DEG 22KT 4128 10245 4100 10231
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

SCHULTZ

305 
WWUS53 KLBF 170148
SVSLBF

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

NEC049-069-170157-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110617T0145Z/
DEUEL NE-GARDEN NE-
748 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GARDEN AND DEUEL
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
EASTERN DEUEL AND SOUTH CENTRAL GARDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 4105 10262 4133 10262 4144 10206 4100 10206
      4100 10262 4102 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 265DEG 22KT 4128 10245 4100 10231

$$

CJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 6:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Arthur, Grant	52 min
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, 7:30 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.