Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT for Custer County, Lincoln County, Logan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Custer County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 19, 6:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Sw Arnold, NE | MARBLE TO PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL PARTIALLY COVERING THE GROUND |
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 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
438 WUUS53 KLBF 192315 SVRLBF NEC041-111-113-200000- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0097.110619T2315Z-110620T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 615 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 609 PM CDT...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 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GANDY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARNOLD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ARNOLD...STAPLETON...GANDY...TARBOZ LAKE...HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 240 AND HIGHWAY 83 MILE MARKER 120. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4169 10059 4158 9998 4115 10037 4118 10054 TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 184DEG 12KT 4135 10036 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JACOBS
1 follow-up statement
455 WWUS53 KLBF 192327 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 627 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NEC041-111-113-200000- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110620T0000Z/ CUSTER NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE- 627 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LOGAN...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND WEST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GANDY...OR 9 MILES WEST OF ARNOLD...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 624 PM CDT PING PONG SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARNOLD WITH THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GANDY AROUND 650 PM CDT. TARBOZ LAKE AROUND 700 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HIGHWAY 92 MILE MARKER 240. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4169 10059 4158 9998 4115 10037 4118 10054 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 184DEG 12KT 4139 10036 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ JACOBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Rock | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln, Logan | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Hayes | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 26 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.