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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS North Platte, NE

June 2, 2012Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2012, 6:33 PM MDT for Garden County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2012, 6:33 PM MDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2012, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Garden County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 2850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 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.

296 
WUUS53 KLBF 030033
SVRLBF
NEC069-161-030130-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0113.120603T0033Z-120603T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
633 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 629 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  TRALNOR LAKE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLIANCE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TRALNOR LAKE...MILES LAKE...ANTIOCH...HERMAN LAKE...PATTERSON
  LAKE...LAKESIDE...WICKSON LAKE...ELLSWORTH...KENNEDY LAKE...DIAMOND
  LAKE AND HIGHWAY 250 MILE MARKER 10.

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 4242 10275 4205 10201 4176 10260 4181 10269
      4199 10269 4201 10270 4208 10271 4209 10275
      4241 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 216DEG 29KT 4189 10262
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

SPRINGER

3 follow-up statements

363 
WWUS53 KLBF 030101
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
801 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012

NEC069-161-030130-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120603T0130Z/
GARDEN NE-SHERIDAN NE-
701 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
SHERIDAN AND NORTHWESTERN GARDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT...

AT 657 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HERMAN LAKE...OR 21 MILES EAST OF ALLIANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKESIDE...PATTERSON LAKE...ELLSWORTH...DIAMOND LAKE...KENNEDY LAKE
  AND HIGHWAY 250 MILE MARKER 10.

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 4242 10275 4205 10201 4176 10260 4181 10269
      4199 10269 4201 10270 4208 10271 4209 10275
      4241 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 231DEG 27KT 4203 10244
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

SPRINGER

686 
WWUS53 KLBF 030114
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
814 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012

NEC069-030123-
/O.CAN.KLBF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120603T0130Z/
GARDEN NE-
714 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GARDEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN 
GARDEN COUNTY...BUT WIND IS STILL LIKELY TO GUST TO 50 MPH OR 
HIGHER. 

LAT...LON 4242 10275 4205 10201 4200 10211 4201 10213
      4200 10269 4208 10271 4210 10275 4241 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 224DEG 27KT 4209 10236

$$

NEC161-030130-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120603T0130Z/
SHERIDAN NE-
714 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
SHERIDAN COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT...

AT 711 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLSWORTH...OR 26 MILES EAST
OF ALLIANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLSWORTH...KENNEDY LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE AND HIGHWAY 250 MILE MARKER
  10.

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 4242 10275 4205 10201 4200 10211 4201 10213
      4200 10269 4208 10271 4210 10275 4241 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 224DEG 27KT 4209 10236
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN

$$

SPRINGER

520 
WWUS53 KLBF 030130
SVSLBF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
830 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012

NEC161-030139-
/O.EXP.KLBF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120603T0130Z/
SHERIDAN NE-
730 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS CAN STILL BE 
EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST SHERIDAN COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST CHERRY COUNTY 
ALONG WITH WIND AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.

LAT...LON 4242 10275 4205 10201 4200 10211 4201 10213
      4200 10269 4208 10271 4210 10275 4241 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 224DEG 27KT 4217 10224

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.