Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2011, 6:34 PM CDT for Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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 19, 2011, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hayes County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 S Hayes Center, NE | PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL 10 S OF HAYES CENTER |
| Jun 19, 7:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 Sw Hayes Center, NE | PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL 10 SW OF HAYES CENTER |
| Jun 19, 7:13 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 Se Hayes Center, 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 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.
813 WUUS53 KLBF 192334 SVRLBF NEC085-200015- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0099.110619T2334Z-110620T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 634 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 633 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 NEAR PALISADE...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF HAYES CENTER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAYES CENTER AND HIGHWAY 25 MILE MARKER 30. 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. 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4035 10128 4049 10119 4054 10078 4035 10078 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 193DEG 11KT 4036 10107 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MASEK
2 follow-up statements
082 WWUS53 KLBF 192340 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 640 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NEC085-200015- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110620T0015Z/ HAYES NE- 640 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALISADE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAYES CENTER AND HIGHWAY 25 MILE MARKER 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4035 10128 4049 10119 4054 10078 4035 10078 TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 188DEG 16KT 4039 10107 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.50IN $$ MASEK
009 WWUS53 KLBF 192353 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 653 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NEC085-200015- /O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110620T0015Z/ HAYES NE- 653 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HAYES COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 651 PM CDT...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 5 MILES SOUTH OF HAYES CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAYES CENTER. 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. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4035 10128 4049 10119 4054 10078 4035 10078 TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 240DEG 19KT 4044 10101 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ MASEK
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, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln, Logan | 45 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, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 26 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.